We must use GFP_NOFS instead GFP_KERNEL inside ext4_mb_add_groupinfo because resizing call it inside journal transaction. Call trace: ioctl ->ext4_group_add ->journal_start ->ext4_setup_new_descs ->ext4_mb_add_groupinfo Signed-off-by: Dmitry Monakhov <dmonakhov@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/mballoc.c | 6 +++--- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c index dbfe15c..654e70d 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c +++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c @@ -2385,7 +2385,7 @@ int ext4_mb_add_groupinfo(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t group, if (group % EXT4_DESC_PER_BLOCK(sb) == 0) { metalen = sizeof(*meta_group_info) << EXT4_DESC_PER_BLOCK_BITS(sb); - meta_group_info = kmalloc(metalen, GFP_KERNEL); + meta_group_info = kmalloc(metalen, GFP_NOFS); if (meta_group_info == NULL) { ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "can't allocate mem " "for a buddy group"); @@ -2399,7 +2399,7 @@ int ext4_mb_add_groupinfo(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t group, sbi->s_group_info[group >> EXT4_DESC_PER_BLOCK_BITS(sb)]; i = group & (EXT4_DESC_PER_BLOCK(sb) - 1); - meta_group_info[i] = kmem_cache_zalloc(cachep, GFP_KERNEL); + meta_group_info[i] = kmem_cache_zalloc(cachep, GFP_NOFS); if (meta_group_info[i] == NULL) { ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "can't allocate buddy mem"); goto exit_group_info; @@ -2428,7 +2428,7 @@ int ext4_mb_add_groupinfo(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t group, { struct buffer_head *bh; meta_group_info[i]->bb_bitmap = - kmalloc(sb->s_blocksize, GFP_KERNEL); + kmalloc(sb->s_blocksize, GFP_NOFS); BUG_ON(meta_group_info[i]->bb_bitmap == NULL); bh = ext4_read_block_bitmap(sb, group); BUG_ON(bh == NULL); -- 1.7.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html