linux-kernel - [PATCH 9/9] Revert "ext4: fix wrong gfp type under transaction"

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Message-Id: <20161215140715.12732-10-mhocko@kernel.org>
Date:   Thu, 15 Dec 2016 15:07:15 +0100
From:   Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
To:     <linux-mm@...ck.org>, <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>,
        "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>, Chris Mason <clm@...com>,
        David Sterba <dsterba@...e.cz>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        ceph-devel@...r.kernel.org, cluster-devel@...hat.com,
        linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org, logfs@...fs.org,
        linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
        reiserfs-devel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-ntfs-dev@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        linux-afs@...ts.infradead.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
Subject: [PATCH 9/9] Revert "ext4: fix wrong gfp type under transaction"

From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>

This reverts commit 216553c4b7f3e3e2beb4981cddca9b2027523928. Now that
the transaction context uses memalloc_nofs_save and all allocations
within the this context inherit GFP_NOFS automatically, there is no
reason to mark specific allocations explicitly.

This patch should not introduce any functional change. The main point
of this change is to reduce explicit GFP_NOFS usage inside ext4 code
to make the review of the remaining usage easier.

Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
---
 fs/ext4/acl.c     | 6 +++---
 fs/ext4/extents.c | 2 +-
 fs/ext4/resize.c  | 4 ++--
 fs/ext4/xattr.c   | 4 ++--
 4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/acl.c b/fs/ext4/acl.c
index fd389935ecd1..9e98092c2a4b 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/acl.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/acl.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ ext4_acl_from_disk(const void *value, size_t size)
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 	if (count == 0)
 		return NULL;
-	acl = posix_acl_alloc(count, GFP_NOFS);
+	acl = posix_acl_alloc(count, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!acl)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	for (n = 0; n < count; n++) {
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ ext4_acl_to_disk(const struct posix_acl *acl, size_t *size)
 
 	*size = ext4_acl_size(acl->a_count);
 	ext_acl = kmalloc(sizeof(ext4_acl_header) + acl->a_count *
-			sizeof(ext4_acl_entry), GFP_NOFS);
+			sizeof(ext4_acl_entry), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ext_acl)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	ext_acl->a_version = cpu_to_le32(EXT4_ACL_VERSION);
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ ext4_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 	}
 	retval = ext4_xattr_get(inode, name_index, "", NULL, 0);
 	if (retval > 0) {
-		value = kmalloc(retval, GFP_NOFS);
+		value = kmalloc(retval, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!value)
 			return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 		retval = ext4_xattr_get(inode, name_index, "", value, retval);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index ef815eb72389..c901d89f0038 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -2933,7 +2933,7 @@ int ext4_ext_remove_space(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t start,
 				le16_to_cpu(path[k].p_hdr->eh_entries)+1;
 	} else {
 		path = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ext4_ext_path) * (depth + 1),
-			       GFP_NOFS);
+			       GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (path == NULL) {
 			ext4_journal_stop(handle);
 			return -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/resize.c b/fs/ext4/resize.c
index cf681004b196..e121f4e048b8 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/resize.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/resize.c
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ static int add_new_gdb(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 
 	n_group_desc = ext4_kvmalloc((gdb_num + 1) *
 				     sizeof(struct buffer_head *),
-				     GFP_NOFS);
+				     GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!n_group_desc) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		ext4_warning(sb, "not enough memory for %lu groups",
@@ -943,7 +943,7 @@ static int reserve_backup_gdb(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 	int res, i;
 	int err;
 
-	primary = kmalloc(reserved_gdb * sizeof(*primary), GFP_NOFS);
+	primary = kmalloc(reserved_gdb * sizeof(*primary), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!primary)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index 5a94fa52b74f..172317462238 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ ext4_xattr_block_set(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 
 			unlock_buffer(bs->bh);
 			ea_bdebug(bs->bh, "cloning");
-			s->base = kmalloc(bs->bh->b_size, GFP_NOFS);
+			s->base = kmalloc(bs->bh->b_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 			error = -ENOMEM;
 			if (s->base == NULL)
 				goto cleanup;
@@ -887,7 +887,7 @@ ext4_xattr_block_set(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 		}
 	} else {
 		/* Allocate a buffer where we construct the new block. */
-		s->base = kzalloc(sb->s_blocksize, GFP_NOFS);
+		s->base = kzalloc(sb->s_blocksize, GFP_KERNEL);
 		/* assert(header == s->base) */
 		error = -ENOMEM;
 		if (s->base == NULL)
-- 
2.10.2