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authorJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2006-09-11 14:08:41 -0400
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2006-09-11 14:08:41 -0400
commit623b3e1d645e42030897d18d37db10133d763006 (patch)
tree090ff481cd72b47ff87d50615461712a33ba41e6 /mm/mempool.c
parentc576af479162c0a11d4e2691ebc97354958d9285 (diff)
parent38f5745c5a90641079fd5b48600ae63f7ab6edcd (diff)
Merge branch 'from-linus' into upstream
Diffstat (limited to 'mm/mempool.c')
-rw-r--r--mm/mempool.c9
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/mm/mempool.c b/mm/mempool.c
index fe6e05289cc..ccd8cb8cd41 100644
--- a/mm/mempool.c
+++ b/mm/mempool.c
@@ -238,8 +238,13 @@ repeat_alloc:
init_wait(&wait);
prepare_to_wait(&pool->wait, &wait, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
smp_mb();
- if (!pool->curr_nr)
- io_schedule();
+ if (!pool->curr_nr) {
+ /*
+ * FIXME: this should be io_schedule(). The timeout is there
+ * as a workaround for some DM problems in 2.6.18.
+ */
+ io_schedule_timeout(5*HZ);
+ }
finish_wait(&pool->wait, &wait);
goto repeat_alloc;