[PATCH] release quicklist before free_page

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Resolves,

BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context cc1(29651) at kernel/rtmutex.c:636
in_atomic():1 [00000001], irqs_disabled():0
 [<c0119f50>] __might_sleep+0xf3/0xf9
 [<c031600e>] __rt_spin_lock+0x21/0x3c
 [<c014102c>] get_zone_pcp+0x20/0x29
 [<c0141a40>] free_hot_cold_page+0xdc/0x167
 [<c013a3f4>] add_preempt_count+0x12/0xcc
 [<c0110d92>] pgd_dtor+0x0/0x1
 [<c015d865>] quicklist_trim+0xb7/0xe3
 [<c0111025>] check_pgt_cache+0x19/0x1c
 [<c0148df5>] free_pgtables+0x54/0x12c
 [<c013a3f4>] add_preempt_count+0x12/0xcc
 [<c014e5be>] unmap_region+0xeb/0x13b


It looks like the quicklist isn't used after a few variables are evaluated.
So no need to keep preemption disabled over the whole function.

Signed-Off-By: Daniel Walker <[email protected]>

---
 mm/quicklist.c |    5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6.22.1/mm/quicklist.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.22.1.orig/mm/quicklist.c
+++ linux-2.6.22.1/mm/quicklist.c
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ void quicklist_trim(int nr, void (*dtor)
 	q = &get_cpu_var(quicklist)[nr];
 	if (q->nr_pages > min_pages) {
 		pages_to_free = min_pages_to_free(q, min_pages, max_free);
+		put_cpu_var(quicklist);
 
 		while (pages_to_free > 0) {
 			/*
@@ -68,8 +69,8 @@ void quicklist_trim(int nr, void (*dtor)
 			free_page((unsigned long)p);
 			pages_to_free--;
 		}
-	}
-	put_cpu_var(quicklist);
+	} else
+		put_cpu_var(quicklist);
 }
 
 unsigned long quicklist_total_size(void)
-- 

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