Re: [PATCH] Btrfs: setup a nofs context for memory allocation at btrfs_create_tree()

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On 13.12.18 г. 23:16 ч., fdmanana@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Filipe Manana <fdmanana@xxxxxxxx>
> 
> We are holding a transaction handle when creating a tree, therefore we can
> not allocate the root using GFP_KERNEL, as we could deadlock if reclaim is
> triggered by the allocation, therefore setup a nofs context.
> 
> Fixes: 74e4d82757f74 ("btrfs: let callers of btrfs_alloc_root pass gfp flags")
> Signed-off-by: Filipe Manana <fdmanana@xxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Nikolay Borisov <nborisov@xxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  fs/btrfs/disk-io.c | 8 ++++++++
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
> index 67afeaf28a41..3e1b846156dd 100644
> --- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
> +++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
> @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
>  #include <linux/semaphore.h>
>  #include <linux/error-injection.h>
>  #include <linux/crc32c.h>
> +#include <linux/sched/mm.h>
>  #include <asm/unaligned.h>
>  #include "ctree.h"
>  #include "disk-io.h"
> @@ -1235,10 +1236,17 @@ struct btrfs_root *btrfs_create_tree(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
>  	struct btrfs_root *tree_root = fs_info->tree_root;
>  	struct btrfs_root *root;
>  	struct btrfs_key key;
> +	unsigned int nofs_flag;
>  	int ret = 0;
>  	uuid_le uuid = NULL_UUID_LE;
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * We're holding a transaction handle, so use a NOFS memory allocation
> +	 * context to avoid deadlock if reclaim happens.
> +	 */
> +	nofs_flag = memalloc_nofs_save();
>  	root = btrfs_alloc_root(fs_info, GFP_KERNEL);
> +	memalloc_nofs_restore(nofs_flag);
>  	if (!root)
>  		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
>  
> 



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