-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

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From: Olaf Kirch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Jens Axboe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
Gitweb:     
http://git.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=98221eb757de03d9aa6262b1eded2be708640ccc

 drivers/md/dm-crypt.c |    5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- linux-2.6.21.6.orig/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
+++ linux-2.6.21.6/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);
        }
 }
 

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