[PATCH 4.4 127/268] scsi: mpt3sas: Do not mark fw_event workqueue as WQ_MEM_RECLAIM

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

4.4-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxx>

[ Upstream commit 864449eea7c600596e305ffdc4a6a846414b222c ]

The firmware event workqueue should not be marked as WQ_MEM_RECLAIM
as it's doesn't need to make forward progress under memory pressure.
In the current state it will result in a deadlock if the device had been
forcefully removed.

Cc: Sreekanth Reddy <sreekanth.reddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Suganath Prabu Subramani <suganath-prabu.subramani@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Sreekanth Reddy <Sreekanth.Reddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c
@@ -8637,7 +8637,7 @@ _scsih_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const
 	snprintf(ioc->firmware_event_name, sizeof(ioc->firmware_event_name),
 	    "fw_event_%s%d", ioc->driver_name, ioc->id);
 	ioc->firmware_event_thread = alloc_ordered_workqueue(
-	    ioc->firmware_event_name, WQ_MEM_RECLAIM);
+	    ioc->firmware_event_name, 0);
 	if (!ioc->firmware_event_thread) {
 		pr_err(MPT3SAS_FMT "failure at %s:%d/%s()!\n",
 		    ioc->name, __FILE__, __LINE__, __func__);