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ocfs2: Use GFP_NOFS in kmalloc during localalloc window move

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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>
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Sunil Mushran 2008-04-18 15:03:59 -07:00 committed by Mark Fasheh
parent bc535809c0
commit 4ba1c5bfd2
1 changed files with 2 additions and 2 deletions
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fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c
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@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ void ocfs2_shutdown_local_alloc(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
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 @@ static int ocfs2_local_alloc_slide_window(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
* 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);