mm/dmapool.c: use TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE in dma_pool_alloc()

As it stands this code will degenerate into a busy-wait if the calling task has signal_pending(). Cc: Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@sf-tec.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
git-mirror · Jan 14, 2011 · 684265d · 684265d
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diff --git a/mm/dmapool.c b/mm/dmapool.c
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ void *dma_pool_alloc(struct dma_pool *pool, gfp_t mem_flags,
 		if (mem_flags & __GFP_WAIT) {
 			DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wait, current);
 
-			__set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+			__set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 			__add_wait_queue(&pool->waitq, &wait);
 			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pool->lock, flags);