drbd: a few more GFP_KERNEL -> GFP_NOIO
This has not yet been observed, but conceivably, when using GFP_KERNEL allocations from drbd_md_sync(), drbd_flush_after_epoch() or receive_SyncParam(), we could trigger additional IO to our own device, or an other device in a criss-cross setup, and end up in a local deadlock, or potentially a distributed deadlock in a criss-cross setup involving the peer blocked in a similar way waiting for us to make progress. Signed-off-by: Philipp Reisner <philipp.reisner@linbit.com> Signed-off-by: Lars Ellenberg <lars.ellenberg@linbit.com>
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