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| author | Josef Bacik <jbacik@redhat.com> | 2008-03-19 17:00:49 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2008-03-19 18:53:36 -0700 |
| commit | c587f0c0a69227587baaa12e75815b6644457c0a (patch) | |
| tree | 5ef93bd6d73fdab6084de20988b8934dbc10ae08 /fs/ext3/resize.c | |
| parent | ffda6857c87fbe3ab144ff3f34b89421eed048cf (diff) | |
ext3: fix wrong gfp type under transaction
There are several places where we make allocations with GFP_KERNEL while under
a transaction, which could lead to an assertion panic or lockup if under
memory pressure. This patch switches these problem areas to use GFP_NOFS to
keep these problems from happening.
Signed-off-by: Josef Bacik <jbacik@redhat.com>
Cc: <linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/ext3/resize.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/ext3/resize.c | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/fs/ext3/resize.c b/fs/ext3/resize.c index 9397d779c43..0e97b6e07cb 100644 --- a/fs/ext3/resize.c +++ b/fs/ext3/resize.c @@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ static int add_new_gdb(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode, goto exit_dindj; n_group_desc = kmalloc((gdb_num + 1) * sizeof(struct buffer_head *), - GFP_KERNEL); + GFP_NOFS); if (!n_group_desc) { err = -ENOMEM; ext3_warning (sb, __FUNCTION__, @@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ static int reserve_backup_gdb(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode, int res, i; int err; - primary = kmalloc(reserved_gdb * sizeof(*primary), GFP_KERNEL); + primary = kmalloc(reserved_gdb * sizeof(*primary), GFP_NOFS); if (!primary) return -ENOMEM; |