xfs_mru_cache_insert() can be called from within transaction context
during block allocation like so:
write(2)
....
xfs_get_blocks
xfs_iomap_write_direct
start transaction
xfs_bmapi_write
xfs_bmapi_allocate
xfs_bmap_btalloc
xfs_bmap_btalloc_filestreams
xfs_filestream_new_ag
xfs_filestream_pick_ag
xfs_mru_cache_insert
radix_tree_preload(GFP_KERNEL)
In this case, GFP_KERNEL is incorrect and can potentially lead to
deadlocks in memory reclaim. It should use GFP_NOFS allocations to
avoid lock recursion problems.
[dchinner: rewrote commit message]
Signed-off-by: Byoungyoung Lee <blee@gatech.edu>
Signed-off-by: Sanidhya Kashyap <sanidhya.gatech@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
if (!mru || !mru->lists)
return -EINVAL;
- if (radix_tree_preload(GFP_KERNEL))
+ if (radix_tree_preload(GFP_NOFS))
return -ENOMEM;
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&elem->list_node);