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-rw-r--r--drivers/mtd/nand/nandsim.c8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/nandsim.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/nandsim.c
index 205df0f771f..a7574807dc4 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/nandsim.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/nandsim.c
@@ -1272,7 +1272,13 @@ static int prog_page(struct nandsim *ns, int num)
mypage = NS_GET_PAGE(ns);
if (mypage->byte == NULL) {
NS_DBG("prog_page: allocating page %d\n", ns->regs.row);
- mypage->byte = kmalloc(ns->geom.pgszoob, GFP_KERNEL);
+ /*
+ * We allocate memory with GFP_NOFS because a flash FS may
+ * utilize this. If it is holding an FS lock, then gets here,
+ * then kmalloc runs writeback which goes to the FS again
+ * and deadlocks. This was seen in practice.
+ */
+ mypage->byte = kmalloc(ns->geom.pgszoob, GFP_NOFS);
if (mypage->byte == NULL) {
NS_ERR("prog_page: error allocating memory for page %d\n", ns->regs.row);
return -1;