[PATCH] Re: 2.6.8-rc3-mm2: Debug: sleeping function called from invalid

> Andrew Vasquez wrote:
>
> >
> >This allocation should be done with GFP_ATOMIC flags.  The attached
> >patch should apply cleanly to any recent kernel
> >
>
> and seems to work fine.
>
Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com>

drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c

@@ -3590,7 +3590,7 @@ qla2x00_get_new_sp(scsi_qla_host_t *ha)
 {
 	srb_t *sp;
 
-	sp = mempool_alloc(ha->srb_mempool, GFP_KERNEL);
+	sp = mempool_alloc(ha->srb_mempool, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (sp)
 		atomic_set(&sp->ref_count, 1);
 	return (sp);