ocfs2: Use GFP_NOFS in kmalloc during localalloc window move
kmalloc() during a localalloc window move can trigger the mm to prune
the dcache which inturn can trigger the fs to delete an inode causing
it start a recursive transaction.
The fix also makes the change in kmalloc during localalloc shutdown
just to be safe.
Fixes oss bugzilla#901
http://oss.oracle.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=901
Signed-off-by: Sunil Mushran <sunil.mushran@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@suse.com>
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c b/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c
index ce0dc14..be774bd 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@
bh = osb->local_alloc_bh;
alloc = (struct ocfs2_dinode *) bh->b_data;
- alloc_copy = kmalloc(bh->b_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+ alloc_copy = kmalloc(bh->b_size, GFP_NOFS);
if (!alloc_copy) {
status = -ENOMEM;
goto out_commit;
@@ -931,7 +931,7 @@
* local alloc shutdown won't try to double free main bitmap
* bits. Make a copy so the sync function knows which bits to
* free. */
- alloc_copy = kmalloc(osb->local_alloc_bh->b_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+ alloc_copy = kmalloc(osb->local_alloc_bh->b_size, GFP_NOFS);
if (!alloc_copy) {
status = -ENOMEM;
mlog_errno(status);
