3.11.10.5 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me 
know.

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From: Jens Axboe <ax...@fb.com>

commit c8123f8c9cb517403b51aa41c3c46ff5e10b2c17 upstream.

When mkfs issues a full device discard and the device only
supports discards of a smallish size, we can loop in
blkdev_issue_discard() for a long time. If preempt isn't enabled,
this can turn into a softlock situation and the kernel will
start complaining.

Add an explicit cond_resched() at the end of the loop to avoid
that.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <ax...@fb.com>
Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriq...@canonical.com>
---
 block/blk-lib.c | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/block/blk-lib.c b/block/blk-lib.c
index d6f50d5..9a32f58 100644
--- a/block/blk-lib.c
+++ b/block/blk-lib.c
@@ -121,6 +121,14 @@ int blkdev_issue_discard(struct block_device *bdev, 
sector_t sector,
 
                atomic_inc(&bb.done);
                submit_bio(type, bio);
+
+               /*
+                * We can loop for a long time in here, if someone does
+                * full device discards (like mkfs). Be nice and allow
+                * us to schedule out to avoid softlocking if preempt
+                * is disabled.
+                */
+               cond_resched();
        }
        blk_finish_plug(&plug);
 
-- 
1.9.0

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