On 06/30/2015 02:19 PM, Ilya Dryomov wrote:
> rbd_obj_request_create() is called on the main I/O path, so we need to
> use GFP_NOIO to make sure allocation doesn't blow back on us. Not all
> callers need this, but I'm still hardcoding the flag inside rather than
> making it a parameter because a) this is going to stable, and b) those
> callers shouldn't really use rbd_obj_request_create() and will be fixed
> in the future.
>
> More memory allocation fixes will follow.
This looks OK to me. It's conservative; you can add a GFP parameter
in the future.
Reviewed-by: Alex Elder <elder@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 3.10+
> Signed-off-by: Ilya Dryomov <idryomov@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/block/rbd.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/block/rbd.c b/drivers/block/rbd.c
> index b316ee48a30b..d94529d5c8e9 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/rbd.c
> +++ b/drivers/block/rbd.c
> @@ -2022,11 +2022,11 @@ static struct rbd_obj_request *rbd_obj_request_create(const char *object_name,
> rbd_assert(obj_request_type_valid(type));
>
> size = strlen(object_name) + 1;
> - name = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
> + name = kmalloc(size, GFP_NOIO);
> if (!name)
> return NULL;
>
> - obj_request = kmem_cache_zalloc(rbd_obj_request_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
> + obj_request = kmem_cache_zalloc(rbd_obj_request_cache, GFP_NOIO);
> if (!obj_request) {
> kfree(name);
> return NULL;
>
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