__getblk() 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> --- fs/buffer.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c index 3fe293c9f3ca..58546bfd8903 100644 --- a/fs/buffer.c +++ b/fs/buffer.c @@ -1464,7 +1464,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__getblk_gfp); */ void __breadahead(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block, unsigned size) { - struct buffer_head *bh = __getblk(bdev, block, size); + struct buffer_head *bh = bdev_getblk(bdev, block, size, + GFP_NOWAIT | __GFP_MOVABLE); + if (likely(bh)) { bh_readahead(bh, REQ_RAHEAD); brelse(bh); -- 2.40.1