[Patch] cpusets alloc GFP_WAIT sleep fix

[Paul Jackson]

    Linus - please apply.

The cpuset mems_allowed update code in alloc_pages_current could
(in theory) put a task to sleep that didn't allow sleeping (did
not have __GFP_WAIT flag set).  In the rare circumstance that
the current tasks mems_generation is outofdate compared to the
tasks cpuset mems_generation, this mems_allowed update code
needs to grap cpuset_sem, which can sleep.

We avoid this by not trying to update mems_allowed here if we
can't sleep (__GFP_WAIT not set).

Applies to top of Linus's bk tree (post 2.6.11)

Thanks to Ray Bryant <raybry@xxxxxxx> for noticing this.

Signed-off-by: Paul Jackson <pj@xxxxxxx>

===================================================================
--- 2.6.12-pj.orig/mm/mempolicy.c	2005-03-16 01:16:58.000000000 -0800
+++ 2.6.12-pj/mm/mempolicy.c	2005-03-16 01:32:05.000000000 -0800
@@ -788,12 +788,16 @@ alloc_page_vma(unsigned gfp, struct vm_a
  *	Allocate a page from the kernel page pool.  When not in
  *	interrupt context and apply the current process NUMA policy.
  *	Returns NULL when no page can be allocated.
+ *
+ *	Don't call cpuset_update_current_mems_allowed() unless
+ *	1) it's ok to take cpuset_sem (can WAIT), and
+ *	2) allocating for current task (not interrupt).
  */
 struct page *alloc_pages_current(unsigned gfp, unsigned order)
 {
 	struct mempolicy *pol = current->mempolicy;
 
-	if (!in_interrupt())
+	if ((gfp & __GFP_WAIT) && !in_interrupt())
 		cpuset_update_current_mems_allowed();
 	if (!pol || in_interrupt())
 		pol = &default_policy;

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