When a transaction starts, start_this_handle() saves current PF_MEMALLOC_NOFS value so that it can be restored at journal stop time. Journal restart is a special case that calls start_this_handle() without stopping the transaction. start_this_handle() isn't aware that the original value is already stored so it overwrites it with current value. For instance, a call sequence like below leaves PF_MEMALLOC_NOFS flag set at the end: jbd2_journal_start() jbd2__journal_restart() jbd2_journal_stop() Make jbd2__journal_restart() restore the original value before calling start_this_handle(). Fixes: 81378da64de6 ("jbd2: mark the transaction context with the scope GFP_NOFS context") Signed-off-by: Tahsin Erdogan <tahsin@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> --- v2: added comment to jbd2__journal_restart() fs/jbd2/transaction.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/jbd2/transaction.c b/fs/jbd2/transaction.c index 9ee4832b6f8b..05c0323493fb 100644 --- a/fs/jbd2/transaction.c +++ b/fs/jbd2/transaction.c @@ -680,6 +680,8 @@ int jbd2__journal_restart(handle_t *handle, int nblocks, gfp_t gfp_mask) rwsem_release(&journal->j_trans_commit_map, 1, _THIS_IP_); handle->h_buffer_credits = nblocks; + /* Restore original nofs flag as jbd2_journal_stop() would do. */ + memalloc_nofs_restore(handle->saved_alloc_context); ret = start_this_handle(journal, handle, gfp_mask); return ret; } -- 2.13.0.303.g4ebf302169-goog