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[6/9] jbd2: mark the transaction context with the scope GFP_NOFS context

Message ID 20161215140715.12732-7-mhocko@kernel.org (mailing list archive)
State Not Applicable
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Michal Hocko Dec. 15, 2016, 2:07 p.m. UTC
From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>

now that we have memalloc_nofs_{save,restore} api we can mark the whole
transaction context as implicitly GFP_NOFS. All allocations will
automatically inherit GFP_NOFS this way. This means that we do not have
to mark any of those requests with GFP_NOFS and moreover all the
ext4_kv[mz]alloc(GFP_NOFS) are also safe now because even the hardcoded
GFP_KERNEL allocations deep inside the vmalloc will be NOFS now.

Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
---
 fs/jbd2/transaction.c | 11 +++++++++++
 include/linux/jbd2.h  |  2 ++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+)

Comments

Jan Kara Dec. 16, 2016, 8:39 a.m. UTC | #1
On Thu 15-12-16 15:07:12, Michal Hocko wrote:
> From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
> 
> now that we have memalloc_nofs_{save,restore} api we can mark the whole
> transaction context as implicitly GFP_NOFS. All allocations will
> automatically inherit GFP_NOFS this way. This means that we do not have
> to mark any of those requests with GFP_NOFS and moreover all the
> ext4_kv[mz]alloc(GFP_NOFS) are also safe now because even the hardcoded
> GFP_KERNEL allocations deep inside the vmalloc will be NOFS now.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>

Looks good to me. You can add:

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>

								Honza

> ---
>  fs/jbd2/transaction.c | 11 +++++++++++
>  include/linux/jbd2.h  |  2 ++
>  2 files changed, 13 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/jbd2/transaction.c b/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
> index e1652665bd93..35a5d3d76182 100644
> --- a/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
> +++ b/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
> @@ -388,6 +388,11 @@ static int start_this_handle(journal_t *journal, handle_t *handle,
>  
>  	rwsem_acquire_read(&journal->j_trans_commit_map, 0, 0, _THIS_IP_);
>  	jbd2_journal_free_transaction(new_transaction);
> +	/*
> +	 * Make sure that no allocations done while the transaction is
> +	 * open is going to recurse back to the fs layer.
> +	 */
> +	handle->saved_alloc_context = memalloc_nofs_save();
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> @@ -466,6 +471,7 @@ handle_t *jbd2__journal_start(journal_t *journal, int nblocks, int rsv_blocks,
>  	trace_jbd2_handle_start(journal->j_fs_dev->bd_dev,
>  				handle->h_transaction->t_tid, type,
>  				line_no, nblocks);
> +
>  	return handle;
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(jbd2__journal_start);
> @@ -1760,6 +1766,11 @@ int jbd2_journal_stop(handle_t *handle)
>  	if (handle->h_rsv_handle)
>  		jbd2_journal_free_reserved(handle->h_rsv_handle);
>  free_and_exit:
> +	/*
> +	 * scope of th GFP_NOFS context is over here and so we can
> +	 * restore the original alloc context.
> +	 */
> +	memalloc_nofs_restore(handle->saved_alloc_context);
>  	jbd2_free_handle(handle);
>  	return err;
>  }
> diff --git a/include/linux/jbd2.h b/include/linux/jbd2.h
> index dfaa1f4dcb0c..606b6bce3a5b 100644
> --- a/include/linux/jbd2.h
> +++ b/include/linux/jbd2.h
> @@ -491,6 +491,8 @@ struct jbd2_journal_handle
>  
>  	unsigned long		h_start_jiffies;
>  	unsigned int		h_requested_credits;
> +
> +	unsigned int		saved_alloc_context;
>  };
>  
>  
> -- 
> 2.10.2
>
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diff --git a/fs/jbd2/transaction.c b/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
index e1652665bd93..35a5d3d76182 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
@@ -388,6 +388,11 @@  static int start_this_handle(journal_t *journal, handle_t *handle,
 
 	rwsem_acquire_read(&journal->j_trans_commit_map, 0, 0, _THIS_IP_);
 	jbd2_journal_free_transaction(new_transaction);
+	/*
+	 * Make sure that no allocations done while the transaction is
+	 * open is going to recurse back to the fs layer.
+	 */
+	handle->saved_alloc_context = memalloc_nofs_save();
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -466,6 +471,7 @@  handle_t *jbd2__journal_start(journal_t *journal, int nblocks, int rsv_blocks,
 	trace_jbd2_handle_start(journal->j_fs_dev->bd_dev,
 				handle->h_transaction->t_tid, type,
 				line_no, nblocks);
+
 	return handle;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(jbd2__journal_start);
@@ -1760,6 +1766,11 @@  int jbd2_journal_stop(handle_t *handle)
 	if (handle->h_rsv_handle)
 		jbd2_journal_free_reserved(handle->h_rsv_handle);
 free_and_exit:
+	/*
+	 * scope of th GFP_NOFS context is over here and so we can
+	 * restore the original alloc context.
+	 */
+	memalloc_nofs_restore(handle->saved_alloc_context);
 	jbd2_free_handle(handle);
 	return err;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/jbd2.h b/include/linux/jbd2.h
index dfaa1f4dcb0c..606b6bce3a5b 100644
--- a/include/linux/jbd2.h
+++ b/include/linux/jbd2.h
@@ -491,6 +491,8 @@  struct jbd2_journal_handle
 
 	unsigned long		h_start_jiffies;
 	unsigned int		h_requested_credits;
+
+	unsigned int		saved_alloc_context;
 };