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-rw-r--r--fs/nfs/pagelist.c8
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/fs/nfs/pagelist.c b/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
index d846d39a31e..fe90130bd7a 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
@@ -51,9 +51,7 @@ nfs_page_free(struct nfs_page *p)
* @count: number of bytes to read/write
*
* The page must be locked by the caller. This makes sure we never
- * create two different requests for the same page, and avoids
- * a possible deadlock when we reach the hard limit on the number
- * of dirty pages.
+ * create two different requests for the same page.
* User should ensure it is safe to sleep in this function.
*/
struct nfs_page *
@@ -64,16 +62,12 @@ nfs_create_request(struct nfs_open_context *ctx, struct inode *inode,
struct nfs_server *server = NFS_SERVER(inode);
struct nfs_page *req;
- /* Deal with hard limits. */
for (;;) {
/* try to allocate the request struct */
req = nfs_page_alloc();
if (req != NULL)
break;
- /* Try to free up at least one request in order to stay
- * below the hard limit
- */
if (signalled() && (server->flags & NFS_MOUNT_INTR))
return ERR_PTR(-ERESTARTSYS);
yield();