Re: [PATCH] btrfs: fix lockdep splat in btrfs_alloc_subvolume_writers

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On 16.03.2018 20:36, jeffm@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@xxxxxxxx>
> 
> While running btrfs/011, I hit the following lockdep splat.
> 
> This is the important bit:
>    pcpu_alloc+0x1ac/0x5e0
>    __percpu_counter_init+0x4e/0xb0
>    btrfs_init_fs_root+0x99/0x1c0 [btrfs]
>    btrfs_get_fs_root.part.54+0x5b/0x150 [btrfs]
>    resolve_indirect_refs+0x130/0x830 [btrfs]
>    find_parent_nodes+0x69e/0xff0 [btrfs]
>    btrfs_find_all_roots_safe+0xa0/0x110 [btrfs]
>    btrfs_find_all_roots+0x50/0x70 [btrfs]
>    btrfs_qgroup_prepare_account_extents+0x53/0x90 [btrfs]
>    btrfs_commit_transaction+0x3ce/0x9b0 [btrfs]
> 
> The percpu_counter_init call in btrfs_alloc_subvolume_writers
> uses GFP_KERNEL, which we can't do during transaction commit.
> 
> This switches it to GFP_NOFS.

Given there is effort underway to actually kill GFP_NOFS and replace it
with the context annotation routines, shouldn't instead use those
routines directly ?

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