linux-kernel - [PATCH] kill-the-bkl/reiserfs: turn GFP_ATOMIC flag to GFP_NOFS in reiserfs_get

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Date:	Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:34:50 +0100
From:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@...e.com>,
	Chris Mason <chris.mason@...cle.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Alexander Beregalov <a.beregalov@...il.com>,
	Laurent Riffard <laurent.riffard@...e.fr>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH] kill-the-bkl/reiserfs: turn GFP_ATOMIC flag to GFP_NOFS in reiserfs_get_block()

GFP_ATOMIC was used in reiserfs_get_block to not lose the Bkl so that
nobody can modify the tree in the middle of its work. Now that we
kicked out the bkl, we can use a more friendly flag. We use GFP_NOFS
here because we already hold the reiserfs lock.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@...e.com>
Cc: Chris Mason <chris.mason@...cle.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc: Alexander Beregalov <a.beregalov@...il.com>
Cc: Laurent Riffard <laurent.riffard@...e.fr>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
---
 fs/reiserfs/inode.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
index 0d493a3..3a28e77 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
@@ -932,7 +932,7 @@ int reiserfs_get_block(struct inode *inode, sector_t block,
 			if (blocks_needed == 1) {
 				un = &unf_single;
 			} else {
-				un = kzalloc(min(blocks_needed, max_to_insert) * UNFM_P_SIZE, GFP_ATOMIC);	// We need to avoid scheduling.
+				un = kzalloc(min(blocks_needed, max_to_insert) * UNFM_P_SIZE, GFP_NOFS);
 				if (!un) {
 					un = &unf_single;
 					blocks_needed = 1;
-- 
1.6.2.3

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