There is no real reason to run blk_schedule_flush_plug() with interrupts and preemption disabled. Move it into schedule() and call it when the task is going voluntarily to sleep. There might be false positives when the task is woken between that call and actually scheduling, but that's not really different from being woken immediately after switching away. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner --- kernel/sched.c | 25 +++++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6/kernel/sched.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/sched.c +++ linux-2.6/kernel/sched.c @@ -4253,16 +4253,6 @@ need_resched: if (to_wakeup) try_to_wake_up_local(to_wakeup); } - - /* - * If we are going to sleep and we have plugged IO - * queued, make sure to submit it to avoid deadlocks. - */ - if (blk_needs_flush_plug(prev)) { - raw_spin_unlock(&rq->lock); - blk_schedule_flush_plug(prev); - raw_spin_lock(&rq->lock); - } } switch_count = &prev->nvcsw; } @@ -4301,8 +4291,23 @@ need_resched: goto need_resched; } +static inline void sched_submit_work(struct task_struct *tsk) +{ + if (!tsk->state) + return; + /* + * If we are going to sleep and we have plugged IO queued, + * make sure to submit it to avoid deadlocks. + */ + if (blk_needs_flush_plug(tsk)) + blk_schedule_flush_plug(tsk); +} + asmlinkage void schedule(void) { + struct task_struct *tsk = current; + + sched_submit_work(tsk); __schedule(); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(schedule); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/