From: Olaf Kirch Do not access the bio after generic_make_request We should never access a bio after generic_make_request - there's no guarantee it still exists. Signed-off-by: Olaf Kirch Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon Cc: Jens Axboe Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- drivers/md/dm-crypt.c | 5 ++++- 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN drivers/md/dm-crypt.c~dm-crypt-fix-avoid-cloned-bio-ref-after-free drivers/md/dm-crypt.c --- a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c~dm-crypt-fix-avoid-cloned-bio-ref-after-free +++ a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c @@ -655,9 +655,12 @@ static void process_write(struct crypt_i generic_make_request(clone); + /* Do not reference clone after this - it + * may be gone already. */ + /* out of memory -> run queues */ if (remaining) - congestion_wait(bio_data_dir(clone), HZ/100); + congestion_wait(WRITE, HZ/100); } } _