linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.2 062/110] ext4: avoid deadlocks in the writeback path by using sb_getblk

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Date:	Mon, 10 Aug 2015 12:12:31 +0200
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
	"Nikolay Borisov" <kernel@...p.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.2 062/110] ext4: avoid deadlocks in the writeback path
 by using sb_getblk_gfp

3.2.71-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Nikolay Borisov <kernel@...p.com>

commit c45653c341f5c8a0ce19c8f0ad4678640849cb86 upstream.

Switch ext4 to using sb_getblk_gfp with GFP_NOFS added to fix possible
deadlocks in the page writeback path.

Signed-off-by: Nikolay Borisov <kernel@...p.com>
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
[bwh: Backported to 3.2: adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -700,7 +700,8 @@ ext4_ext_find_extent(struct inode *inode
 		path[ppos].p_depth = i;
 		path[ppos].p_ext = NULL;
 
-		bh = sb_getblk(inode->i_sb, path[ppos].p_block);
+		bh = sb_getblk_gfp(inode->i_sb, path[ppos].p_block,
+				   __GFP_MOVABLE | GFP_NOFS);
 		if (unlikely(!bh)) {
 			ret = -ENOMEM;
 			goto err;
@@ -905,7 +906,7 @@ static int ext4_ext_split(handle_t *hand
 		err = -EIO;
 		goto cleanup;
 	}
-	bh = sb_getblk(inode->i_sb, newblock);
+	bh = sb_getblk_gfp(inode->i_sb, newblock, __GFP_MOVABLE | GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!bh) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto cleanup;
@@ -1089,7 +1090,7 @@ static int ext4_ext_grow_indepth(handle_
 	if (newblock == 0)
 		return err;
 
-	bh = sb_getblk(inode->i_sb, newblock);
+	bh = sb_getblk_gfp(inode->i_sb, newblock, __GFP_MOVABLE | GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!bh)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	lock_buffer(bh);

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