diff -urN 2.3.51pre2/drivers/block/cpqarray.c elevator/drivers/block/cpqarray.c
--- 2.3.51pre2/drivers/block/cpqarray.c	Thu Feb 17 13:57:00 2000
+++ elevator/drivers/block/cpqarray.c	Fri Mar 10 04:49:11 2000
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
 static void getgeometry(int ctlr);
 static void start_fwbk(int ctlr);
 
-static cmdlist_t * cmd_alloc(ctlr_info_t *h);
+static cmdlist_t * cmd_alloc(ctlr_info_t *h, int gfp_mask);
 static void cmd_free(ctlr_info_t *h, cmdlist_t *c);
 
 static int sendcmd(
@@ -900,7 +900,7 @@
 		goto doreq_done;
 	}
 
-	if ((c = cmd_alloc(h)) == NULL)
+	if ((c = cmd_alloc(h, GFP_ATOMIC)) == NULL)
 		goto doreq_done;
 
 	bh = creq->bh;
@@ -1213,7 +1213,7 @@
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int error;
 
-	if ((c = cmd_alloc(NULL)) == NULL)
+	if ((c = cmd_alloc(NULL, GFP_KERNEL)) == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	c->ctlr = ctlr;
 	c->hdr.unit = (io->unit & UNITVALID) ? (io->unit & ~UNITVALID) : dsk;
@@ -1298,13 +1298,13 @@
  * critical (and can wait for kmalloc and possibly sleep) can pass in NULL
  * as the first argument to get a new command.
  */
-static cmdlist_t * cmd_alloc(ctlr_info_t *h)
+static cmdlist_t * cmd_alloc(ctlr_info_t *h, int gfp_mask)
 {
 	cmdlist_t * c;
 	int i;
 
 	if (h == NULL) {
-		c = (cmdlist_t*)kmalloc(sizeof(cmdlist_t), GFP_KERNEL);
+		c = (cmdlist_t*)kmalloc(sizeof(cmdlist_t), gfp_mask);
 		if(c==NULL)
 			return NULL;
 	} else {
@@ -1356,7 +1356,7 @@
 	unsigned long i;
 	ctlr_info_t *info_p = hba[ctlr];
 
-	c = cmd_alloc(info_p);
+	c = cmd_alloc(info_p, GFP_KERNEL);
 	c->ctlr = ctlr;
 	c->hdr.unit = log_unit;
 	c->hdr.prio = 0;