On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 08:08:51AM +0300, Mike Rapoport wrote: > > @@ -886,8 +868,12 @@ static struct dm_buffer *__alloc_buffer_wait_no_callback(struct dm_bufio_client > > return NULL; > > > > if (dm_bufio_cache_size_latch != 1 && !tried_noio_alloc) { > > + unsigned noio_flag; > > + > > dm_bufio_unlock(c); > > - b = alloc_buffer(c, GFP_NOIO | __GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_NOMEMALLOC | __GFP_NOWARN); > > + noio_flag = memalloc_noio_save(); > > I've read the series twice and I'm still missing the definition of > memalloc_noio_save(). > > And also it would be nice to have a paragraph about it in > Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst Documentation/core-api/gfp_mask-from-fs-io.rst:``memalloc_nofs_save``, ``memalloc_nofs_restore`` respectively ``memalloc_noio_save``, Documentation/core-api/gfp_mask-from-fs-io.rst: :functions: memalloc_noio_save memalloc_noio_restore Documentation/core-api/gfp_mask-from-fs-io.rst:allows nesting so it is safe to call ``memalloc_noio_save`` or -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel