@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
#include <linux/writeback.h>
#include <linux/pagemap.h>
#include <linux/blkdev.h>
+#include <linux/ratelimit.h>
#include "ctree.h"
#include "disk-io.h"
#include "transaction.h"
@@ -175,6 +176,25 @@ static int may_wait_transaction(struct b
return 0;
}
+#define MAX_ITERATIONS 10
+
+static struct btrfs_trans_handle *alloc_trans_handle(void)
+{
+ struct btrfs_trans_handle *ret;
+ int i = 0;
+
+ ret = kmem_cache_alloc(btrfs_trans_handle_cachep, GFP_NOFS);
+ if (!ret) {
+ pr_notice_ratelimited("ENOMEM in %s, retrying.\n", __func__);
+ do {
+ yield();
+ ret = kmem_cache_alloc(btrfs_trans_handle_cachep,
+ GFP_NOFS);
+ } while (!ret && i++ < MAX_ITERATIONS);
+ }
+ return ret;
+}
+
static struct btrfs_trans_handle *start_transaction(struct btrfs_root *root,
u64 num_items, int type)
{
@@ -185,7 +205,7 @@ static struct btrfs_trans_handle *start_
if (root->fs_info->fs_state & BTRFS_SUPER_FLAG_ERROR)
return ERR_PTR(-EROFS);
again:
- h = kmem_cache_alloc(btrfs_trans_handle_cachep, GFP_NOFS);
+ h = alloc_trans_handle();
if (!h)
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);