[PATCH 05/14] xfs: fix missing KM_NOFS tags to keep lockdep happy
Ben Myers
bpm at sgi.com
Mon May 20 16:16:07 CDT 2013
On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 09:51:12AM +1000, Dave Chinner wrote:
> From: Dave Chinner <dchinner at redhat.com>
>
> There are several places where we use KM_SLEEP allocation contexts
> and use the fact that there are called from transaction context to
they
(fixed)
> add KM_NOFS where appropriate.
I think you're referring to the usage of PF_FSTRANS and us clearing __GFP_FS in
kmem_flags_convert?
> Unfortunately, there are several
> places where the code makes this assumption but can be called from
> outside transaction context but with filesystem locks held. These
> places need explicit KM_NOFS annotations to avoid lockdep
> complaining about reclaim contexts.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner at redhat.com>
Looks good. In each case you added KM_NOFS where there was no transaction and
locks would have been held. Applied.
Reviewed-by: Ben Myers <bpm at sgi.com>
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