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-rw-r--r--drivers/usb/core/hub.c13
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/hub.c b/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
index 1775ad471edd..5480352f984d 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
@@ -5177,6 +5177,7 @@ int usb_reset_device(struct usb_device *udev)
{
int ret;
int i;
+ unsigned int noio_flag;
struct usb_host_config *config = udev->actconfig;
if (udev->state == USB_STATE_NOTATTACHED ||
@@ -5186,6 +5187,17 @@ int usb_reset_device(struct usb_device *udev)
return -EINVAL;
}
+ /*
+ * Don't allocate memory with GFP_KERNEL in current
+ * context to avoid possible deadlock if usb mass
+ * storage interface or usbnet interface(iSCSI case)
+ * is included in current configuration. The easist
+ * approach is to do it for every device reset,
+ * because the device 'memalloc_noio' flag may have
+ * not been set before reseting the usb device.
+ */
+ noio_flag = memalloc_noio_save();
+
/* Prevent autosuspend during the reset */
usb_autoresume_device(udev);
@@ -5230,6 +5242,7 @@ int usb_reset_device(struct usb_device *udev)
}
usb_autosuspend_device(udev);
+ memalloc_noio_restore(noio_flag);
return ret;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usb_reset_device);