n some of which, such as adpt_abort, a lock may be held. The functions adpt_i2o_reparse_lct and adpt_i2o_lct_get are called from several places, including adpt_rescan where a lock may be held. The semantic patch that makes this change is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // @gfp exists@ identifier fn; position p; @@ fn(...) { ... when != spin_unlock_irqrestore when any GFP_KERNEL@p ... when any } @locked@ identifier gfp.fn; @@ spin_lock_irqsave(...) ... when != spin_unlock_irqrestore fn(...) @depends on locked@ position gfp.p; @@ - GFP_KERNEL@p + GFP_ATOMIC // Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall Signed-off-by: James Bottomley lU1