Index: ufs/ffs/ffs_softdep.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/cvs/src/sys/ufs/ffs/ffs_softdep.c,v
retrieving revision 1.188
diff -u -r1.188 ffs_softdep.c
--- ufs/ffs/ffs_softdep.c	9 Jan 2006 19:32:21 -0000	1.188
+++ ufs/ffs/ffs_softdep.c	23 Feb 2006 20:01:15 -0000
@@ -3565,7 +3565,7 @@
 	struct buf *bp;		/* structure describing disk write to occur */
 {
 	struct worklist *wk;
-	struct worklist marker;
+	struct worklist *marker;
 	struct indirdep *indirdep;
 	struct inodedep *inodedep;
 
@@ -3576,16 +3576,17 @@
 	if (bp->b_iocmd != BIO_WRITE)
 		panic("softdep_disk_io_initiation: not write");
 
-	marker.wk_type = D_LAST + 1;	/* Not a normal workitem */
-	PHOLD(curproc);			/* Don't swap out kernel stack */
+	MALLOC(marker, struct worklist *, sizeof(struct worklist),
+	    M_BUF, M_SOFTDEP_FLAGS);
+	marker->wk_type = D_LAST + 1;	/* Not a normal workitem */
 
 	ACQUIRE_LOCK(&lk);
 	/*
 	 * Do any necessary pre-I/O processing.
 	 */
 	for (wk = LIST_FIRST(&bp->b_dep); wk != NULL;
-	     wk = markernext(&marker)) {
-		LIST_INSERT_AFTER(wk, &marker, wk_list);
+	     wk = markernext(marker)) {
+		LIST_INSERT_AFTER(wk, marker, wk_list);
 		switch (wk->wk_type) {
 
 		case D_PAGEDEP:
@@ -3650,7 +3651,7 @@
 		}
 	}
 	FREE_LOCK(&lk);
-	PRELE(curproc);			/* Allow swapout of kernel stack */
+	FREE(marker, M_BUF);
 }
 
 /*