Re: next-20130607 BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at lib/idr.c:424

[Valdis . Kletnieks]

On Tue, 11 Jun 2013 11:38:20 -0700, Davidlohr Bueso said:

> > Looking at 'git blame', I see a bunch of patches from Davidlohr Bueso on 06/07
> > that hit ipc/util.c and friends.
>
> Yeah, this is my fault. It was originally reported by Fengguang:
> http://www.spinics.net/lists/kernel/msg1545633.html#.UbYI9qqdmV8
>
> Sasha proposed a fix to use GFP_ATOMIC in idr_preload instead of
> GFP_KERNEL:
>
> http://lkml.org/lkml/2013/6/10/322

Confirming that Sasha's proposed fix eliminates the BUG in my kernel,
so if GFP_ATOMIC is acceptable otherwise, feel free to stick a Tested-By:
on it of you like.

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