kill-the-bkl/reiserfs: turn GFP_ATOMIC flag to GFP_NOFS in reiserfs_get_block()
authorFrederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:11:30 +0000 (04:11 +0100)
committerFrederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:25:02 +0000 (18:25 +0100)
GFP_ATOMIC was used in reiserfs_get_block to not lose the Bkl so that
nobody can modify the tree in the middle of its work. Now that we
kicked out the bkl, we can use a more friendly flag. We use GFP_NOFS
here because we already hold the reiserfs lock.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com>
Cc: Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Alexander Beregalov <a.beregalov@gmail.com>
Cc: Laurent Riffard <laurent.riffard@free.fr>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
fs/reiserfs/inode.c

index 0d493a3..3a28e77 100644 (file)
@@ -932,7 +932,7 @@ int reiserfs_get_block(struct inode *inode, sector_t block,
                        if (blocks_needed == 1) {
                                un = &unf_single;
                        } else {
-                               un = kzalloc(min(blocks_needed, max_to_insert) * UNFM_P_SIZE, GFP_ATOMIC);      // We need to avoid scheduling.
+                               un = kzalloc(min(blocks_needed, max_to_insert) * UNFM_P_SIZE, GFP_NOFS);
                                if (!un) {
                                        un = &unf_single;
                                        blocks_needed = 1;