(This is re-post, I mistyped linux-scsi address in the first mail. Sorry, Matthew.)
Hello, Matthew Wilcox. The following might_sleep() message appears during booting on scsi-misc-2.6. Quick glance shows that sym_alloc_lcb_tags() uses GFP_KERNEL blindly. sym0: <1010-33> rev 0x1 at pci 0000:01:06.0 irq 29 sym0: Symbios NVRAM, ID 7, Fast-80, LVD, parity checking sym0: open drain IRQ line driver sym0: using LOAD/STORE-based firmware. sym0: handling phase mismatch from SCRIPTS. sym0: SCSI BUS has been reset. scsi2 : sym-2.2.0 Vendor: FUJITSU Model: MAJ3182MP Rev: 0114 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 04 target2:0:2: tagged command queuing enabled, command queue depth 16. target2:0:2: Beginning Domain Validation Debug: sleeping function called from invalid context at mm/slab.c:2084 in_atomic():1, irqs_disabled():1 [<c0103d7e>] dump_stack+0x1e/0x20 [<c0117b04>] __might_sleep+0xa4/0xb0 [<c01450b5>] __kmalloc+0x95/0xa0 [<c014521c>] kcalloc+0x3c/0x70 [<f8a5f4cd>] sym_alloc_lcb_tags+0x7d/0x130 [sym53c8xx] [<f8a5ee0d>] sym_get_ccb+0x21d/0x2b0 [sym53c8xx] [<f8a56d07>] sym_queue_command+0xb7/0xf0 [sym53c8xx] [<f8a57117>] sym53c8xx_queue_command+0x77/0xa0 [sym53c8xx] [<c02704c6>] scsi_dispatch_cmd+0x1a6/0x2a0 [<c0276db0>] scsi_request_fn+0x210/0x410 [<c023cf73>] blk_insert_request+0xa3/0xd0 [<c027593b>] scsi_insert_special_req+0x3b/0x40 [<c0275bc1>] scsi_wait_req+0x91/0xd0 [<c027cb3a>] spi_dv_device_compare_inquiry+0xaa/0x130 [<c027ce76>] spi_dv_device_internal+0x56/0x2e0 [<c027d1eb>] spi_dv_device+0xeb/0x160 [<f8a579cd>] sym53c8xx_slave_configure+0x10d/0x110 [sym53c8xx] [<c027874c>] scsi_add_lun+0x2fc/0x360 [<c027888d>] scsi_probe_and_add_lun+0xdd/0x210 [<c0279211>] scsi_scan_target+0xe1/0x180 [<c0279343>] scsi_scan_channel+0x93/0xb0 [<c0279430>] scsi_scan_host_selected+0xd0/0x110 [<c02794a1>] scsi_scan_host+0x31/0x40 [<f8a58ee9>] sym2_probe+0xf9/0x140 [sym53c8xx] [<c01dd57b>] pci_device_probe_static+0x4b/0x60 [<c01dd5cc>] __pci_device_probe+0x3c/0x50 [<c01dd60c>] pci_device_probe+0x2c/0x50 [<c023525e>] driver_probe_device+0x2e/0x80 [<c02353aa>] driver_attach+0x5a/0x90 [<c02358e7>] bus_add_driver+0xa7/0xe0 [<c0235f42>] driver_register+0x62/0x70 [<c01dd87b>] pci_register_driver+0x8b/0xb0 [<f89a2034>] sym2_init+0x34/0x52 [sym53c8xx] [<c01368ee>] sys_init_module+0x1be/0x290 [<c0102f05>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb target2:0:2: asynchronous. target2:0:2: wide asynchronous. target2:0:2: FAST-80 WIDE SCSI 160.0 MB/s DT (12.5 ns, offset 62) target2:0:2: Ending Domain Validation SCSI device sdb: 35694904 512-byte hdwr sectors (18276 MB) SCSI device sdb: drive cache: write back SCSI device sdb: 35694904 512-byte hdwr sectors (18276 MB) SCSI device sdb: drive cache: write back sdb: sdb1 sdb2 Attached scsi disk sdb at scsi2, channel 0, id 2, lun 0 Thanks. -- tejun - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
