linux-ext4 - [PATCH] fscrypt: document gfp_flags for bounce page allocation

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Date:   Tue, 31 Dec 2019 12:10:26 -0600
From:   Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
To:     linux-fscrypt@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] fscrypt: document gfp_flags for bounce page allocation

From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>

Document that fscrypt_encrypt_pagecache_blocks() allocates the bounce
page from a mempool, and document what this means for the @gfp_flags
argument.

Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>
---
 fs/crypto/crypto.c | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/crypto/crypto.c b/fs/crypto/crypto.c
index fcc6ca792ba2..1ecaac7ee3cb 100644
--- a/fs/crypto/crypto.c
+++ b/fs/crypto/crypto.c
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ int fscrypt_crypt_block(const struct inode *inode, fscrypt_direction_t rw,
  *		multiple of the filesystem's block size.
  * @offs:      Byte offset within @page of the first block to encrypt.  Must be
  *		a multiple of the filesystem's block size.
- * @gfp_flags: Memory allocation flags
+ * @gfp_flags: Memory allocation flags.  See details below.
  *
  * A new bounce page is allocated, and the specified block(s) are encrypted into
  * it.  In the bounce page, the ciphertext block(s) will be located at the same
@@ -148,6 +148,11 @@ int fscrypt_crypt_block(const struct inode *inode, fscrypt_direction_t rw,
  *
  * This is for use by the filesystem's ->writepages() method.
  *
+ * The bounce page allocation is mempool-backed, so it will always succeed when
+ * @gfp_flags includes __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM, e.g. when it's GFP_NOFS.  However,
+ * only the first page of each bio can be allocated this way.  To prevent
+ * deadlocks, for any additional pages a mask like GFP_NOWAIT must be used.
+ *
  * Return: the new encrypted bounce page on success; an ERR_PTR() on failure
  */
 struct page *fscrypt_encrypt_pagecache_blocks(struct page *page,
-- 
2.24.1