linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.19 50/50] Btrfs: use nofs context when initializing security xattrs to avoid deadlock

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Message-Id: <20190115154912.890567679@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Tue, 15 Jan 2019 17:36:26 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Nikolay Borisov <nborisov@...e.com>,
        Filipe Manana <fdmanana@...e.com>,
        David Sterba <dsterba@...e.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4.19 50/50] Btrfs: use nofs context when initializing security xattrs to avoid deadlock

4.19-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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

From: Filipe Manana <fdmanana@...e.com>

commit 827aa18e7b903c5ff3b3cd8fec328a99b1dbd411 upstream.

When initializing the security xattrs, we are holding a transaction handle
therefore we need to use a GFP_NOFS context in order to avoid a deadlock
with reclaim in case it's triggered.

Fixes: 39a27ec1004e8 ("btrfs: use GFP_KERNEL for xattr and acl allocations")
Reviewed-by: Nikolay Borisov <nborisov@...e.com>
Signed-off-by: Filipe Manana <fdmanana@...e.com>
Reviewed-by: David Sterba <dsterba@...e.com>
Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@...e.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 fs/btrfs/xattr.c |    8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

--- a/fs/btrfs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/xattr.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <linux/security.h>
 #include <linux/posix_acl_xattr.h>
 #include <linux/iversion.h>
+#include <linux/sched/mm.h>
 #include "ctree.h"
 #include "btrfs_inode.h"
 #include "transaction.h"
@@ -422,9 +423,15 @@ static int btrfs_initxattrs(struct inode
 {
 	const struct xattr *xattr;
 	struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans = fs_info;
+	unsigned int nofs_flag;
 	char *name;
 	int err = 0;
 
+	/*
+	 * We're holding a transaction handle, so use a NOFS memory allocation
+	 * context to avoid deadlock if reclaim happens.
+	 */
+	nofs_flag = memalloc_nofs_save();
 	for (xattr = xattr_array; xattr->name != NULL; xattr++) {
 		name = kmalloc(XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX_LEN +
 			       strlen(xattr->name) + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -440,6 +447,7 @@ static int btrfs_initxattrs(struct inode
 		if (err < 0)
 			break;
 	}
+	memalloc_nofs_restore(nofs_flag);
 	return err;
 }