sb_getblk_gfp adds __GFP_NOFAIL, which is unnecessary for readahead; we're quite comfortable with the possibility that we may not get a bh back. Switch to bdev_getblk() which does not include __GFP_NOFAIL. Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: Hui Zhu <teawater@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/20230811035705.3296-1-teawaterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ --- fs/ext4/super.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c index c94ebf704616..48524314be97 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/super.c +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c @@ -254,7 +254,8 @@ struct buffer_head *ext4_sb_bread_unmovable(struct super_block *sb, void ext4_sb_breadahead_unmovable(struct super_block *sb, sector_t block) { - struct buffer_head *bh = sb_getblk_gfp(sb, block, 0); + struct buffer_head *bh = bdev_getblk(sb->s_bdev, block, + sb->s_blocksize, GFP_NOWAIT); if (likely(bh)) { if (trylock_buffer(bh)) -- 2.40.1