[patch 176/176] xhci: Use GFP_NOIO during device reset.

[Greg KH]

2.6.36-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

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From: Sarah Sharp <sarah.a.sharp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit a6d940dd759bf240d28624198660ed34582a327b upstream.

When xhci_discover_or_reset_device() is called after a host controller
power loss, the virtual device may need to be reallocated.  Make sure
xhci_alloc_dev() uses GFP_NOIO.  This avoid causing a deadlock by allowing
the kernel to flush pending I/O while reallocating memory for a virtual
device for a USB mass storage device that's holding the backing store for
dirty memory buffers.

This patch should be queued for the 2.6.37 stable tree.

Signed-off-by: Sarah Sharp <sarah.a.sharp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>

---
 drivers/usb/host/xhci.c |    8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
@@ -2168,8 +2168,12 @@ int xhci_alloc_dev(struct usb_hcd *hcd,
 		xhci_err(xhci, "Error while assigning device slot ID\n");
 		return 0;
 	}
-	/* xhci_alloc_virt_device() does not touch rings; no need to lock */
-	if (!xhci_alloc_virt_device(xhci, xhci->slot_id, udev, GFP_KERNEL)) {
+	/* xhci_alloc_virt_device() does not touch rings; no need to lock.
+	 * Use GFP_NOIO, since this function can be called from
+	 * xhci_discover_or_reset_device(), which may be called as part of
+	 * mass storage driver error handling.
+	 */
+	if (!xhci_alloc_virt_device(xhci, xhci->slot_id, udev, GFP_NOIO)) {
 		/* Disable slot, if we can do it without mem alloc */
 		xhci_warn(xhci, "Could not allocate xHCI USB device data structures\n");
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&xhci->lock, flags);


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