linux-ext4 - [PATCH 1/5] jbd2: Pass extra bool parameter in journal routines to specify if its ok to fail the journal transaction allocation.

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Date:	Sun, 24 Apr 2011 17:10:41 -0700
From:	Manish Katiyar <mkatiyar@...il.com>
To:	ext4 <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] jbd2: Pass extra bool parameter in journal routines to
 specify if its ok to fail the journal transaction allocation.

Pass extra bool parameter in journal routines to specify if its ok to
fail the journal transaction allocation. If 'true' is passed
transaction allocation is done through GFP_KERNEL  and ENOMEM is
returned else GFP_NOFS is used.


Signed-off-by: Manish Katiyar <mkatiyar@...il.com>
---
 fs/jbd2/transaction.c |   12 +++++++-----
 include/linux/jbd2.h  |    4 ++--
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/jbd2/transaction.c b/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
index 05fa77a..b02d6a4 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
@@ -349,9 +349,10 @@ handle_t *jbd2__journal_start(journal_t *journal,
int nblocks, int gfp_mask)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(jbd2__journal_start);


-handle_t *jbd2_journal_start(journal_t *journal, int nblocks)
+handle_t *jbd2_journal_start(journal_t *journal, int nblocks, bool errok)
 {
-	return jbd2__journal_start(journal, nblocks, GFP_NOFS);
+	return jbd2__journal_start(journal, nblocks,
+				   errok ? GFP_KERNEL : GFP_NOFS);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(jbd2_journal_start);

@@ -483,9 +484,10 @@ int jbd2__journal_restart(handle_t *handle, int
nblocks, int gfp_mask)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(jbd2__journal_restart);


-int jbd2_journal_restart(handle_t *handle, int nblocks)
+int jbd2_journal_restart(handle_t *handle, int nblocks, bool errok)
 {
-	return jbd2__journal_restart(handle, nblocks, GFP_NOFS);
+	return jbd2__journal_restart(handle, nblocks,
+				     errok ? GFP_KERNEL : GFP_NOFS);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(jbd2_journal_restart);

@@ -1436,7 +1438,7 @@ int jbd2_journal_force_commit(journal_t *journal)
 	handle_t *handle;
 	int ret;

-	handle = jbd2_journal_start(journal, 1);
+	handle = jbd2_journal_start(journal, 1, false);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
 	} else {
diff --git a/include/linux/jbd2.h b/include/linux/jbd2.h
index a32dcae..a64aced 100644
--- a/include/linux/jbd2.h
+++ b/include/linux/jbd2.h
@@ -1103,9 +1103,9 @@ static inline handle_t *journal_current_handle(void)
  * Register buffer modifications against the current transaction.
  */

-extern handle_t *jbd2_journal_start(journal_t *, int nblocks);
+extern handle_t *jbd2_journal_start(journal_t *, int nblocks, bool errok);
 extern handle_t *jbd2__journal_start(journal_t *, int nblocks, int gfp_mask);
-extern int	 jbd2_journal_restart(handle_t *, int nblocks);
+extern int	 jbd2_journal_restart(handle_t *, int nblocks, bool errok);
 extern int	 jbd2__journal_restart(handle_t *, int nblocks, int gfp_mask);
 extern int	 jbd2_journal_extend (handle_t *, int nblocks);
 extern int	 jbd2_journal_get_write_access(handle_t *, struct buffer_head *);
-- 
1.7.1


-- 
Thanks -
Manish

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