+#ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
+/*
+ * On arches that have high memory, kmap address space is limited. By
+ * serializing the kmap operations on those arches, we ensure that we don't
+ * end up with a bunch of threads in writeback with partially mapped page
+ * arrays, stuck waiting for kmap to come back. That situation prevents
+ * progress and can deadlock.
+ */
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(cifs_kmap_mutex);
+
+static inline void
+cifs_kmap_lock(void)
+{
+ mutex_lock(&cifs_kmap_mutex);
+}
+
+static inline void
+cifs_kmap_unlock(void)
+{
+ mutex_unlock(&cifs_kmap_mutex);
+}
+#else /* !CONFIG_HIGHMEM */
+#define cifs_kmap_lock() do { ; } while(0)
+#define cifs_kmap_unlock() do { ; } while(0)
+#endif /* CONFIG_HIGHMEM */
+