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| -rw-r--r-- | mm/mempool.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/mm/mempool.c b/mm/mempool.c index fe6e05289cc..ccd8cb8cd41 100644 --- a/mm/mempool.c +++ b/mm/mempool.c @@ -238,8 +238,13 @@ repeat_alloc: init_wait(&wait); prepare_to_wait(&pool->wait, &wait, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE); smp_mb(); - if (!pool->curr_nr) - io_schedule(); + if (!pool->curr_nr) { + /* + * FIXME: this should be io_schedule(). The timeout is there + * as a workaround for some DM problems in 2.6.18. + */ + io_schedule_timeout(5*HZ); + } finish_wait(&pool->wait, &wait); goto repeat_alloc; |