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-rw-r--r--drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-btree.c7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-btree.c b/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-btree.c
index 20a40329d84a..1744f3618a55 100644
--- a/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-btree.c
+++ b/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-btree.c
@@ -272,7 +272,12 @@ int dm_btree_del(struct dm_btree_info *info, dm_block_t root)
int r;
struct del_stack *s;
- s = kmalloc(sizeof(*s), GFP_NOIO);
+ /*
+ * dm_btree_del() is called via an ioctl, as such should be
+ * considered an FS op. We can't recurse back into the FS, so we
+ * allocate GFP_NOFS.
+ */
+ s = kmalloc(sizeof(*s), GFP_NOFS);
if (!s)
return -ENOMEM;
s->info = info;