Re: [PATCH] Btrfs: setup a nofs context for memory allocation at __btrfs_set_acl

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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 setting an acl, therefore we can
> not allocate the xattr value buffer using GFP_KERNEL, as we could deadlock
> if reclaim is triggered by the allocation, therefore setup a nofs context.
> 
> Fixes: 39a27ec1004e8 ("btrfs: use GFP_KERNEL for xattr and acl allocations")
> Signed-off-by: Filipe Manana <fdmanana@xxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Nikolay Borisov <nborisov@xxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  fs/btrfs/acl.c | 9 +++++++++
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/btrfs/acl.c b/fs/btrfs/acl.c
> index 3b66c957ea6f..5810463dc6d2 100644
> --- a/fs/btrfs/acl.c
> +++ b/fs/btrfs/acl.c
> @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
>  #include <linux/posix_acl_xattr.h>
>  #include <linux/posix_acl.h>
>  #include <linux/sched.h>
> +#include <linux/sched/mm.h>
>  #include <linux/slab.h>
>  
>  #include "ctree.h"
> @@ -72,8 +73,16 @@ static int __btrfs_set_acl(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
>  	}
>  
>  	if (acl) {
> +		unsigned int nofs_flag;
> +
>  		size = posix_acl_xattr_size(acl->a_count);
> +		/*
> +		 * We're holding a transaction handle, so use a NOFS memory
> +		 * allocation context to avoid deadlock if reclaim happens.
> +		 */
> +		nofs_flag = memalloc_nofs_save();
>  		value = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
> +		memalloc_nofs_restore(nofs_flag);
>  		if (!value) {
>  			ret = -ENOMEM;
>  			goto out;
> 



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