This splits off the __alloc_page_buffers() function from the
alloc_page_buffers_function(). In addition it adds a gfp_t parameter, so
the caller can specify the allocation flags.
Signed-off-by: Stefan Roesch <shr@xxxxxx>
---
fs/buffer.c | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index 6e6a69a12eed..a1986f95a39a 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -802,26 +802,13 @@ int remove_inode_buffers(struct inode *inode)
return ret;
}
-/*
- * Create the appropriate buffers when given a page for data area and
- * the size of each buffer.. Use the bh->b_this_page linked list to
- * follow the buffers created. Return NULL if unable to create more
- * buffers.
- *
- * The retry flag is used to differentiate async IO (paging, swapping)
- * which may not fail from ordinary buffer allocations.
- */
-struct buffer_head *alloc_page_buffers(struct page *page, unsigned long size,
- bool retry)
+struct buffer_head *__alloc_page_buffers(struct page *page, unsigned long size,
+ gfp_t gfp)
{
struct buffer_head *bh, *head;
- gfp_t gfp = GFP_NOFS | __GFP_ACCOUNT;
long offset;
struct mem_cgroup *memcg, *old_memcg;
- if (retry)
- gfp |= __GFP_NOFAIL;
-
/* The page lock pins the memcg */
memcg = page_memcg(page);
old_memcg = set_active_memcg(memcg);
@@ -859,6 +846,26 @@ struct buffer_head *alloc_page_buffers(struct page *page, unsigned long size,
goto out;
}
+
+/*
+ * Create the appropriate buffers when given a page for data area and
+ * the size of each buffer.. Use the bh->b_this_page linked list to
+ * follow the buffers created. Return NULL if unable to create more
+ * buffers.
+ *
+ * The retry flag is used to differentiate async IO (paging, swapping)
+ * which may not fail from ordinary buffer allocations.
+ */
+struct buffer_head *alloc_page_buffers(struct page *page, unsigned long size,
+ bool retry)
+{
+ gfp_t gfp = GFP_NOFS | __GFP_ACCOUNT;
+
+ if (retry)
+ gfp |= __GFP_NOFAIL;
+
+ return __alloc_page_buffers(page, size, gfp);
+}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(alloc_page_buffers);
static inline void
--
2.30.2
