Ok, here it is.. Stable.
Linus
-----
diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.2.0-pre5/linux/include/linux/mm.h linux/include/linux/mm.h
--- v2.2.0-pre5/linux/include/linux/mm.h Thu Jan 7 15:11:40 1999
+++ linux/include/linux/mm.h Thu Jan 7 15:04:54 1999
@@ -315,14 +323,15 @@
#define __GFP_LOW 0x02
#define __GFP_MED 0x04
#define __GFP_HIGH 0x08
+#define __GFP_IO 0x10
#define __GFP_DMA 0x80
#define GFP_BUFFER (__GFP_LOW | __GFP_WAIT)
#define GFP_ATOMIC (__GFP_HIGH)
-#define GFP_USER (__GFP_LOW | __GFP_WAIT)
-#define GFP_KERNEL (__GFP_MED | __GFP_WAIT)
-#define GFP_NFS (__GFP_HIGH | __GFP_WAIT)
+#define GFP_USER (__GFP_LOW | __GFP_WAIT | __GFP_IO)
+#define GFP_KERNEL (__GFP_MED | __GFP_WAIT | __GFP_IO)
+#define GFP_NFS (__GFP_HIGH | __GFP_WAIT | __GFP_IO)
/* Flag - indicates that the buffer will be suitable for DMA. Ignored on some
platforms, used as appropriate on others */
diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.2.0-pre5/linux/mm/vmscan.c linux/mm/vmscan.c
--- v2.2.0-pre5/linux/mm/vmscan.c Thu Jan 7 15:11:41 1999
+++ linux/mm/vmscan.c Thu Jan 7 15:09:46 1999
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@
set_pte(page_table, __pte(entry));
drop_pte:
vma->vm_mm->rss--;
- tsk->nswap++;
flush_tlb_page(vma, address);
__free_page(page_map);
return 0;
@@ -99,6 +98,14 @@
pte_clear(page_table);
goto drop_pte;
}
+
+ /*
+ * Don't go down into the swap-out stuff if
+ * we cannot do I/O! Avoid recursing on FS
+ * locks etc.
+ */
+ if (!(gfp_mask & __GFP_IO))
+ return 0;
/*
* Ok, it's really dirty. That means that
-
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