[PATCH] device-mapper ioctl: reduce PF_MEMALLOC usage
Reduce substantially the amount of code using PF_MEMALLOC, as envisaged in the
original FIXME.
If you're using lvm2, for this patch to work correctly you should update to
lvm2 version 2.02.01 or later and device-mapper version 1.02.02 or later.
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
index 1235135..442e2be 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
@@ -1359,16 +1359,11 @@
* Copy the parameters into kernel space.
*/
r = copy_params(user, ¶m);
- if (r) {
- current->flags &= ~PF_MEMALLOC;
- return r;
- }
- /*
- * FIXME: eventually we will remove the PF_MEMALLOC flag
- * here. However the tools still do nasty things like
- * 'load' while a device is suspended.
- */
+ current->flags &= ~PF_MEMALLOC;
+
+ if (r)
+ return r;
r = validate_params(cmd, param);
if (r)
@@ -1386,7 +1381,6 @@
out:
free_params(param);
- current->flags &= ~PF_MEMALLOC;
return r;
}