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authorThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2012-10-09 21:20:05 +0200
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2012-10-09 21:20:05 +0200
commitdb8c246937713e60b7628661ccc187eeb81f2bae (patch)
tree6351e8bca23eef40fce85396d1c6f6cfffbd4b66 /kernel/softirq.c
parentc5f66e99b7cb091e3d51ae8e8156892e8feb7fa3 (diff)
parent28f2b02bc581ffc835bc1691b18d03f62fcf0395 (diff)
downloadlinux-db8c246937713e60b7628661ccc187eeb81f2bae.tar.gz
Merge branch 'fortglx/3.7/time' of git://git.linaro.org/people/jstultz/linux into timers/core
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/softirq.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/softirq.c9
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c
index 671f9594e368..b73e681df09e 100644
--- a/kernel/softirq.c
+++ b/kernel/softirq.c
@@ -210,6 +210,14 @@ asmlinkage void __do_softirq(void)
 	__u32 pending;
 	int max_restart = MAX_SOFTIRQ_RESTART;
 	int cpu;
+	unsigned long old_flags = current->flags;
+
+	/*
+	 * Mask out PF_MEMALLOC s current task context is borrowed for the
+	 * softirq. A softirq handled such as network RX might set PF_MEMALLOC
+	 * again if the socket is related to swap
+	 */
+	current->flags &= ~PF_MEMALLOC;
 
 	pending = local_softirq_pending();
 	account_system_vtime(current);
@@ -265,6 +273,7 @@ restart:
 
 	account_system_vtime(current);
 	__local_bh_enable(SOFTIRQ_OFFSET);
+	tsk_restore_flags(current, old_flags, PF_MEMALLOC);
 }
 
 #ifndef __ARCH_HAS_DO_SOFTIRQ