[PATCH v2 0/3] ext4: Prevent memory reclaim from re-entering the filesystem and deadlocking

[PATCH v2 0/3] ext4: Prevent memory reclaim from re-entering the filesystem and deadlocking

[Naoto Kobayashi]

This series aims to prevent ext4_kvmalloc() from re-entering
the filesystem and deadlocking. Although __vmalloc() doesn't
support GFP_NOFS[1], all of the user of ext4_kvmalloc are using
GFP_NOFS (e.g. fs/ext4/resize.c::add_new_gdb), causing the memory
reclaim to re-enter the filesystem.

To fix this issue, use memalloc_nfs_save/restore() that get
__vmalloc() to drop __GFP_FS.

[1] linux-tree/Documentation/core-api/gfp-mask-fs-io.rst

Changes since v1:
  - Add Patch 1 to delete ext4_kvzvalloc() that is not used anywhere.
  - Add Patch 2 to rename ext4_kvmalloc() to ext4_kvmalloc_nofs() and
    drop its flags argument since all the users of ext4_kvmalloc() are
    using GFP_NOFS

Thanks,


Naoto Kobayashi (3):
  ext4: Delete ext4_kvzvalloc()
  ext4: Rename ext4_kvmalloc() to ext4_kvmalloc_nofs() and drop its
    flags argument
  ext4: Prevent ext4_kvmalloc_nofs() from re-entering the filesystem and
    deadlocking

 fs/ext4/ext4.h   |  3 +--
 fs/ext4/resize.c | 10 ++++------
 fs/ext4/super.c  | 21 +++++++--------------
 fs/ext4/xattr.c  |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)


--
2.16.6

[PATCH v2 1/3] ext4: Delete ext4_kvzvalloc()

[Naoto Kobayashi]

Since we're not using ext4_kvzalloc(), delete this function.

Signed-off-by: Naoto Kobayashi <naoto.kobayashi4c@gmail.com>
---
 fs/ext4/ext4.h  |  1 -
 fs/ext4/super.c | 10 ----------
 2 files changed, 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index 61987c106511..b25089e3896d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -2678,7 +2678,6 @@ extern int ext4_seq_options_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *offset);
 extern int ext4_calculate_overhead(struct super_block *sb);
 extern void ext4_superblock_csum_set(struct super_block *sb);
 extern void *ext4_kvmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags);
-extern void *ext4_kvzalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags);
 extern int ext4_alloc_flex_bg_array(struct super_block *sb,
 				    ext4_group_t ngroup);
 extern const char *ext4_decode_error(struct super_block *sb, int errno,
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index b205112ca051..83a231dedcbf 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -214,16 +214,6 @@ void *ext4_kvmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
 	return ret;
 }

-void *ext4_kvzalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
-{
-	void *ret;
-
-	ret = kzalloc(size, flags | __GFP_NOWARN);
-	if (!ret)
-		ret = __vmalloc(size, flags | __GFP_ZERO, PAGE_KERNEL);
-	return ret;
-}
-
 ext4_fsblk_t ext4_block_bitmap(struct super_block *sb,
 			       struct ext4_group_desc *bg)
 {
--
2.16.6

[PATCH v2 2/3] ext4: Rename ext4_kvmalloc() to ext4_kvmalloc_nofs() and drop its flags argument

[Naoto Kobayashi]

Rename ext4_kvmalloc() to ext4_kvmalloc_nofs() and drop
its flags argument, because ext4_kvmalloc() callers must be
under GFP_NOFS (otherwise, they should use generic kvmalloc()
helper function).

Signed-off-by: Naoto Kobayashi <naoto.kobayashi4c@gmail.com>
---
 fs/ext4/ext4.h   |  2 +-
 fs/ext4/resize.c | 10 ++++------
 fs/ext4/super.c  |  6 +++---
 fs/ext4/xattr.c  |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index b25089e3896d..e1bdeffca0ad 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -2677,7 +2677,7 @@ extern struct buffer_head *ext4_sb_bread(struct super_block *sb,
 extern int ext4_seq_options_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *offset);
 extern int ext4_calculate_overhead(struct super_block *sb);
 extern void ext4_superblock_csum_set(struct super_block *sb);
-extern void *ext4_kvmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags);
+extern void *ext4_kvmalloc_nofs(size_t size);
 extern int ext4_alloc_flex_bg_array(struct super_block *sb,
 				    ext4_group_t ngroup);
 extern const char *ext4_decode_error(struct super_block *sb, int errno,
diff --git a/fs/ext4/resize.c b/fs/ext4/resize.c
index a8c0f2b5b6e1..7998bbe66eed 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/resize.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/resize.c
@@ -824,9 +824,8 @@ static int add_new_gdb(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 	if (unlikely(err))
 		goto errout;

-	n_group_desc = ext4_kvmalloc((gdb_num + 1) *
-				     sizeof(struct buffer_head *),
-				     GFP_NOFS);
+	n_group_desc = ext4_kvmalloc_nofs((gdb_num + 1) *
+				     sizeof(struct buffer_head *));
 	if (!n_group_desc) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		ext4_warning(sb, "not enough memory for %lu groups",
@@ -900,9 +899,8 @@ static int add_new_gdb_meta_bg(struct super_block *sb,
 	gdb_bh = ext4_sb_bread(sb, gdblock, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(gdb_bh))
 		return PTR_ERR(gdb_bh);
-	n_group_desc = ext4_kvmalloc((gdb_num + 1) *
-				     sizeof(struct buffer_head *),
-				     GFP_NOFS);
+	n_group_desc = ext4_kvmalloc_nofs((gdb_num + 1) *
+				     sizeof(struct buffer_head *));
 	if (!n_group_desc) {
 		brelse(gdb_bh);
 		err = -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 83a231dedcbf..e8965aa6ecce 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -204,13 +204,13 @@ void ext4_superblock_csum_set(struct super_block *sb)
 	es->s_checksum = ext4_superblock_csum(sb, es);
 }

-void *ext4_kvmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
+void *ext4_kvmalloc_nofs(size_t size)
 {
 	void *ret;

-	ret = kmalloc(size, flags | __GFP_NOWARN);
+	ret = kmalloc(size, GFP_NOFS | __GFP_NOWARN);
 	if (!ret)
-		ret = __vmalloc(size, flags, PAGE_KERNEL);
+		ret = __vmalloc(size, GFP_NOFS, PAGE_KERNEL);
 	return ret;
 }

diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index 8966a5439a22..d5bc970ef331 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -1456,7 +1456,7 @@ ext4_xattr_inode_cache_find(struct inode *inode, const void *value,
 	if (!ce)
 		return NULL;

-	ea_data = ext4_kvmalloc(value_len, GFP_NOFS);
+	ea_data = ext4_kvmalloc_nofs(value_len);
 	if (!ea_data) {
 		mb_cache_entry_put(ea_inode_cache, ce);
 		return NULL;
--
2.16.6

[PATCH v2 3/3] ext4: Prevent ext4_kvmalloc_nofs() from re-entering the filesystem and deadlocking

[Naoto Kobayashi]

Even if __vmalloc() receives GFP_NOFS, this function allocates
data pages and auxiliary structures (e.g. pagetables) with __GFP_FS[1].
To prevent memory reclaim from re-entering the filesystem here and
potentially deadlocking, use memalloc_nofs_save() that gets
__vmalloc() to drop __GFP_FS.

[1] linux-tree/Documentation/core-api/gfp-mask-fs-io.rst

Signed-off-by: Naoto Kobayashi <naoto.kobayashi4c@gmail.com>
---
 fs/ext4/super.c | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index e8965aa6ecce..7f4c9a43a3f3 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <linux/iversion.h>
 #include <linux/unicode.h>
+#include <linux/sched/mm.h>

 #include <linux/kthread.h>
 #include <linux/freezer.h>
@@ -206,11 +207,13 @@ void ext4_superblock_csum_set(struct super_block *sb)

 void *ext4_kvmalloc_nofs(size_t size)
 {
+	unsigned int nofs_flag;
 	void *ret;

-	ret = kmalloc(size, GFP_NOFS | __GFP_NOWARN);
-	if (!ret)
-		ret = __vmalloc(size, GFP_NOFS, PAGE_KERNEL);
+	/* kvmalloc() does not support GFP_NOFS */
+	nofs_flag = memalloc_nofs_save();
+	ret = kvmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	memalloc_nofs_restore(nofs_flag);
 	return ret;
 }

--
2.16.6

Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] ext4: Delete ext4_kvzvalloc()

[Jan Kara]

On Fri 27-12-19 17:05:21, Naoto Kobayashi wrote:
> Since we're not using ext4_kvzalloc(), delete this function.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Naoto Kobayashi <naoto.kobayashi4c@gmail.com>

Looks good to me. You can add:

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>

								Honza

> ---
>  fs/ext4/ext4.h  |  1 -
>  fs/ext4/super.c | 10 ----------
>  2 files changed, 11 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> index 61987c106511..b25089e3896d 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> +++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> @@ -2678,7 +2678,6 @@ extern int ext4_seq_options_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *offset);
>  extern int ext4_calculate_overhead(struct super_block *sb);
>  extern void ext4_superblock_csum_set(struct super_block *sb);
>  extern void *ext4_kvmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags);
> -extern void *ext4_kvzalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags);
>  extern int ext4_alloc_flex_bg_array(struct super_block *sb,
>  				    ext4_group_t ngroup);
>  extern const char *ext4_decode_error(struct super_block *sb, int errno,
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
> index b205112ca051..83a231dedcbf 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/super.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
> @@ -214,16 +214,6 @@ void *ext4_kvmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
>  	return ret;
>  }
> 
> -void *ext4_kvzalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
> -{
> -	void *ret;
> -
> -	ret = kzalloc(size, flags | __GFP_NOWARN);
> -	if (!ret)
> -		ret = __vmalloc(size, flags | __GFP_ZERO, PAGE_KERNEL);
> -	return ret;
> -}
> -
>  ext4_fsblk_t ext4_block_bitmap(struct super_block *sb,
>  			       struct ext4_group_desc *bg)
>  {
> --
> 2.16.6
> 
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@suse.com>
SUSE Labs, CR

Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] ext4: Rename ext4_kvmalloc() to ext4_kvmalloc_nofs() and drop its flags argument

[Jan Kara]

On Fri 27-12-19 17:05:22, Naoto Kobayashi wrote:
> Rename ext4_kvmalloc() to ext4_kvmalloc_nofs() and drop
> its flags argument, because ext4_kvmalloc() callers must be
> under GFP_NOFS (otherwise, they should use generic kvmalloc()
> helper function).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Naoto Kobayashi <naoto.kobayashi4c@gmail.com>

Thanks for the patch but I don't think this or the following patch is
actually needed. Did you ever see the deadlock with reclaim you mention in
the initial message with a recent kernel? The reason is that in all three
call sites of ext4_kvmalloc() in ext4 we have a transaction started (which
is the reason for GFP_NOFS there after all) but since commit 81378da64de
"jbd2: mark the transaction context with the scope GFP_NOFS context" the
transaction machinery takes care of updating reclaim context as needed...
So I'd be almost inclined to just drop 'flags' argument from
ext4_kvmalloc() instead and if we ever create a callsite for which current
memalloc_nofs machinery won't be enough, I'd rather extend that than
randomly sprinkle GFP_NOFS flags in the code.

								Honza

> ---
>  fs/ext4/ext4.h   |  2 +-
>  fs/ext4/resize.c | 10 ++++------
>  fs/ext4/super.c  |  6 +++---
>  fs/ext4/xattr.c  |  2 +-
>  4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> index b25089e3896d..e1bdeffca0ad 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> +++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> @@ -2677,7 +2677,7 @@ extern struct buffer_head *ext4_sb_bread(struct super_block *sb,
>  extern int ext4_seq_options_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *offset);
>  extern int ext4_calculate_overhead(struct super_block *sb);
>  extern void ext4_superblock_csum_set(struct super_block *sb);
> -extern void *ext4_kvmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags);
> +extern void *ext4_kvmalloc_nofs(size_t size);
>  extern int ext4_alloc_flex_bg_array(struct super_block *sb,
>  				    ext4_group_t ngroup);
>  extern const char *ext4_decode_error(struct super_block *sb, int errno,
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/resize.c b/fs/ext4/resize.c
> index a8c0f2b5b6e1..7998bbe66eed 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/resize.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/resize.c
> @@ -824,9 +824,8 @@ static int add_new_gdb(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
>  	if (unlikely(err))
>  		goto errout;
> 
> -	n_group_desc = ext4_kvmalloc((gdb_num + 1) *
> -				     sizeof(struct buffer_head *),
> -				     GFP_NOFS);
> +	n_group_desc = ext4_kvmalloc_nofs((gdb_num + 1) *
> +				     sizeof(struct buffer_head *));
>  	if (!n_group_desc) {
>  		err = -ENOMEM;
>  		ext4_warning(sb, "not enough memory for %lu groups",
> @@ -900,9 +899,8 @@ static int add_new_gdb_meta_bg(struct super_block *sb,
>  	gdb_bh = ext4_sb_bread(sb, gdblock, 0);
>  	if (IS_ERR(gdb_bh))
>  		return PTR_ERR(gdb_bh);
> -	n_group_desc = ext4_kvmalloc((gdb_num + 1) *
> -				     sizeof(struct buffer_head *),
> -				     GFP_NOFS);
> +	n_group_desc = ext4_kvmalloc_nofs((gdb_num + 1) *
> +				     sizeof(struct buffer_head *));
>  	if (!n_group_desc) {
>  		brelse(gdb_bh);
>  		err = -ENOMEM;
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
> index 83a231dedcbf..e8965aa6ecce 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/super.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
> @@ -204,13 +204,13 @@ void ext4_superblock_csum_set(struct super_block *sb)
>  	es->s_checksum = ext4_superblock_csum(sb, es);
>  }
> 
> -void *ext4_kvmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
> +void *ext4_kvmalloc_nofs(size_t size)
>  {
>  	void *ret;
> 
> -	ret = kmalloc(size, flags | __GFP_NOWARN);
> +	ret = kmalloc(size, GFP_NOFS | __GFP_NOWARN);
>  	if (!ret)
> -		ret = __vmalloc(size, flags, PAGE_KERNEL);
> +		ret = __vmalloc(size, GFP_NOFS, PAGE_KERNEL);
>  	return ret;
>  }
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
> index 8966a5439a22..d5bc970ef331 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
> @@ -1456,7 +1456,7 @@ ext4_xattr_inode_cache_find(struct inode *inode, const void *value,
>  	if (!ce)
>  		return NULL;
> 
> -	ea_data = ext4_kvmalloc(value_len, GFP_NOFS);
> +	ea_data = ext4_kvmalloc_nofs(value_len);
>  	if (!ea_data) {
>  		mb_cache_entry_put(ea_inode_cache, ce);
>  		return NULL;
> --
> 2.16.6
> 
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@suse.com>
SUSE Labs, CR

Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] ext4: Delete ext4_kvzvalloc()

[Theodore Y. Ts'o]

On Fri, Dec 27, 2019 at 05:05:21PM +0900, Naoto Kobayashi wrote:
> Since we're not using ext4_kvzalloc(), delete this function.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Naoto Kobayashi <naoto.kobayashi4c@gmail.com>

Thanks, applied.

					- Ted

Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] ext4: Rename ext4_kvmalloc() to ext4_kvmalloc_nofs() and drop its flags argument

[Theodore Y. Ts'o]

On Fri, Dec 27, 2019 at 05:05:22PM +0900, Naoto Kobayashi wrote:
> Rename ext4_kvmalloc() to ext4_kvmalloc_nofs() and drop
> its flags argument, because ext4_kvmalloc() callers must be
> under GFP_NOFS (otherwise, they should use generic kvmalloc()
> helper function).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Naoto Kobayashi <naoto.kobayashi4c@gmail.com>

Thanks, applied.

					- Ted

Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] ext4: Rename ext4_kvmalloc() to ext4_kvmalloc_nofs() and drop its flags argument

[Jan Kara]

On Mon 13-01-20 17:32:37, Theodore Y. Ts'o wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 27, 2019 at 05:05:22PM +0900, Naoto Kobayashi wrote:
> > Rename ext4_kvmalloc() to ext4_kvmalloc_nofs() and drop
> > its flags argument, because ext4_kvmalloc() callers must be
> > under GFP_NOFS (otherwise, they should use generic kvmalloc()
> > helper function).
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Naoto Kobayashi <naoto.kobayashi4c@gmail.com>
> 
> Thanks, applied.

Ted, I don't think this patch is needed at all - see my email [1]. Sadly
Naoto didn't reply to my question whether he really saw any deadlock /
lockdep splat or whether it was just a theoretical concern he had...

								Honza

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-ext4/20200109100007.GC27035@quack2.suse.cz

-- 
Jan Kara <jack@suse.com>
SUSE Labs, CR

Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] ext4: Rename ext4_kvmalloc() to ext4_kvmalloc_nofs() and drop its flags argument

[Theodore Y. Ts'o]

On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 01:37:24PM +0100, Jan Kara wrote:
> 
> Ted, I don't think this patch is needed at all - see my email [1]. Sadly
> Naoto didn't reply to my question whether he really saw any deadlock /
> lockdep splat or whether it was just a theoretical concern he had...

Thanks, good point.  So what we should do instead is just drop
ext4_kvmalloc() entirely.

						- Ted

[PATCH] ext4: drop ext4_kvmalloc()

[Theodore Ts'o]

As Jan pointed out[1], as of commit 81378da64de ("jbd2: mark the
transaction context with the scope GFP_NOFS context") we use
memalloc_nofs_{save,restore}() while a jbd2 handle is active.  So
ext4_kvmalloc() so we can call allocate using GFP_NOFS is no longer
necessary.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200109100007.GC27035@quack2.suse.cz
---
 fs/ext4/ext4.h   |  1 -
 fs/ext4/resize.c | 10 ++++------
 fs/ext4/super.c  | 10 ----------
 fs/ext4/xattr.c  |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index 5e621b0da4da..9a2ee2428ecc 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -2740,7 +2740,6 @@ extern struct buffer_head *ext4_sb_bread(struct super_block *sb,
 extern int ext4_seq_options_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *offset);
 extern int ext4_calculate_overhead(struct super_block *sb);
 extern void ext4_superblock_csum_set(struct super_block *sb);
-extern void *ext4_kvmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags);
 extern int ext4_alloc_flex_bg_array(struct super_block *sb,
 				    ext4_group_t ngroup);
 extern const char *ext4_decode_error(struct super_block *sb, int errno,
diff --git a/fs/ext4/resize.c b/fs/ext4/resize.c
index a8c0f2b5b6e1..86a2500ed292 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/resize.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/resize.c
@@ -824,9 +824,8 @@ static int add_new_gdb(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 	if (unlikely(err))
 		goto errout;
 
-	n_group_desc = ext4_kvmalloc((gdb_num + 1) *
-				     sizeof(struct buffer_head *),
-				     GFP_NOFS);
+	n_group_desc = kvmalloc((gdb_num + 1) * sizeof(struct buffer_head *),
+				GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!n_group_desc) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		ext4_warning(sb, "not enough memory for %lu groups",
@@ -900,9 +899,8 @@ static int add_new_gdb_meta_bg(struct super_block *sb,
 	gdb_bh = ext4_sb_bread(sb, gdblock, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(gdb_bh))
 		return PTR_ERR(gdb_bh);
-	n_group_desc = ext4_kvmalloc((gdb_num + 1) *
-				     sizeof(struct buffer_head *),
-				     GFP_NOFS);
+	n_group_desc = kvmalloc((gdb_num + 1) * sizeof(struct buffer_head *),
+				GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!n_group_desc) {
 		brelse(gdb_bh);
 		err = -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 84a86d9b790f..ecf36a23e0c4 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -204,16 +204,6 @@ void ext4_superblock_csum_set(struct super_block *sb)
 	es->s_checksum = ext4_superblock_csum(sb, es);
 }
 
-void *ext4_kvmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
-{
-	void *ret;
-
-	ret = kmalloc(size, flags | __GFP_NOWARN);
-	if (!ret)
-		ret = __vmalloc(size, flags, PAGE_KERNEL);
-	return ret;
-}
-
 ext4_fsblk_t ext4_block_bitmap(struct super_block *sb,
 			       struct ext4_group_desc *bg)
 {
diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index 246fbeeb6366..8cac7d95c3ad 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -1456,7 +1456,7 @@ ext4_xattr_inode_cache_find(struct inode *inode, const void *value,
 	if (!ce)
 		return NULL;
 
-	ea_data = ext4_kvmalloc(value_len, GFP_NOFS);
+	ea_data = kvmalloc(value_len, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ea_data) {
 		mb_cache_entry_put(ea_inode_cache, ce);
 		return NULL;
-- 
2.24.1

Re: [PATCH] ext4: drop ext4_kvmalloc()

[Jan Kara]

On Thu 16-01-20 10:50:31, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> As Jan pointed out[1], as of commit 81378da64de ("jbd2: mark the
> transaction context with the scope GFP_NOFS context") we use
> memalloc_nofs_{save,restore}() while a jbd2 handle is active.  So
> ext4_kvmalloc() so we can call allocate using GFP_NOFS is no longer
> necessary.
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200109100007.GC27035@quack2.suse.cz

Your signed-off-by is missing but otherwise the patch looks good to me. You
can add:

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>

								Honza

> ---
>  fs/ext4/ext4.h   |  1 -
>  fs/ext4/resize.c | 10 ++++------
>  fs/ext4/super.c  | 10 ----------
>  fs/ext4/xattr.c  |  2 +-
>  4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> index 5e621b0da4da..9a2ee2428ecc 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> +++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> @@ -2740,7 +2740,6 @@ extern struct buffer_head *ext4_sb_bread(struct super_block *sb,
>  extern int ext4_seq_options_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *offset);
>  extern int ext4_calculate_overhead(struct super_block *sb);
>  extern void ext4_superblock_csum_set(struct super_block *sb);
> -extern void *ext4_kvmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags);
>  extern int ext4_alloc_flex_bg_array(struct super_block *sb,
>  				    ext4_group_t ngroup);
>  extern const char *ext4_decode_error(struct super_block *sb, int errno,
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/resize.c b/fs/ext4/resize.c
> index a8c0f2b5b6e1..86a2500ed292 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/resize.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/resize.c
> @@ -824,9 +824,8 @@ static int add_new_gdb(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
>  	if (unlikely(err))
>  		goto errout;
>  
> -	n_group_desc = ext4_kvmalloc((gdb_num + 1) *
> -				     sizeof(struct buffer_head *),
> -				     GFP_NOFS);
> +	n_group_desc = kvmalloc((gdb_num + 1) * sizeof(struct buffer_head *),
> +				GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!n_group_desc) {
>  		err = -ENOMEM;
>  		ext4_warning(sb, "not enough memory for %lu groups",
> @@ -900,9 +899,8 @@ static int add_new_gdb_meta_bg(struct super_block *sb,
>  	gdb_bh = ext4_sb_bread(sb, gdblock, 0);
>  	if (IS_ERR(gdb_bh))
>  		return PTR_ERR(gdb_bh);
> -	n_group_desc = ext4_kvmalloc((gdb_num + 1) *
> -				     sizeof(struct buffer_head *),
> -				     GFP_NOFS);
> +	n_group_desc = kvmalloc((gdb_num + 1) * sizeof(struct buffer_head *),
> +				GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!n_group_desc) {
>  		brelse(gdb_bh);
>  		err = -ENOMEM;
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
> index 84a86d9b790f..ecf36a23e0c4 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/super.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
> @@ -204,16 +204,6 @@ void ext4_superblock_csum_set(struct super_block *sb)
>  	es->s_checksum = ext4_superblock_csum(sb, es);
>  }
>  
> -void *ext4_kvmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
> -{
> -	void *ret;
> -
> -	ret = kmalloc(size, flags | __GFP_NOWARN);
> -	if (!ret)
> -		ret = __vmalloc(size, flags, PAGE_KERNEL);
> -	return ret;
> -}
> -
>  ext4_fsblk_t ext4_block_bitmap(struct super_block *sb,
>  			       struct ext4_group_desc *bg)
>  {
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
> index 246fbeeb6366..8cac7d95c3ad 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
> @@ -1456,7 +1456,7 @@ ext4_xattr_inode_cache_find(struct inode *inode, const void *value,
>  	if (!ce)
>  		return NULL;
>  
> -	ea_data = ext4_kvmalloc(value_len, GFP_NOFS);
> +	ea_data = kvmalloc(value_len, GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!ea_data) {
>  		mb_cache_entry_put(ea_inode_cache, ce);
>  		return NULL;
> -- 
> 2.24.1
> 
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@suse.com>
SUSE Labs, CR

Re: [PATCH] ext4: drop ext4_kvmalloc()

[Theodore Y. Ts'o]

On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 11:30:48AM +0100, Jan Kara wrote:
> On Thu 16-01-20 10:50:31, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> > As Jan pointed out[1], as of commit 81378da64de ("jbd2: mark the
> > transaction context with the scope GFP_NOFS context") we use
> > memalloc_nofs_{save,restore}() while a jbd2 handle is active.  So
> > ext4_kvmalloc() so we can call allocate using GFP_NOFS is no longer
> > necessary.
> > 
> > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200109100007.GC27035@quack2.suse.cz
> 
> Your signed-off-by is missing but otherwise the patch looks good to me. You
> can add:
> 
> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>

Thanks, applied with my signed-off-by and a Link: trailer.

		     		      	    - Ted