[PATCH v15 4/4] xfs: use current->journal_info to avoid transaction reservation recursion

[Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@xxxxxxxxx>]

PF_FSTRANS which is used to avoid transaction reservation recursion, is
dropped since commit 9070733b4efa ("xfs: abstract PF_FSTRANS to
PF_MEMALLOC_NOFS") and replaced by PF_MEMALLOC_NOFS which means to avoid
filesystem reclaim recursion.

As these two flags have different meanings, we'd better reintroduce
PF_FSTRANS back. To avoid wasting the space of PF_* flags in
task_struct,
we can reuse the current->journal_info to do that, per Willy. As the
check of transaction reservation recursion is used by XFS only, we can
move the check into xfs_vm_writepage(s), per Dave.

[oliver.sang@xxxxxxxxx: reported a Assertion_failed in the prev version]

Cc: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Chinner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: kernel test robot <oliver.sang@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 fs/iomap/buffered-io.c |  7 -------
 fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c      | 10 ++++++++++
 fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h     | 22 +++++++++++++++++++---
 3 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/iomap/buffered-io.c b/fs/iomap/buffered-io.c
index 10cc7979ce38..3c53fa6ce64d 100644
--- a/fs/iomap/buffered-io.c
+++ b/fs/iomap/buffered-io.c
@@ -1458,13 +1458,6 @@ iomap_do_writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc, void *data)
 			PF_MEMALLOC))
 		goto redirty;
 
-	/*
-	 * Given that we do not allow direct reclaim to call us, we should
-	 * never be called in a recursive filesystem reclaim context.
-	 */
-	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(current->flags & PF_MEMALLOC_NOFS))
-		goto redirty;
-
 	/*
 	 * Is this page beyond the end of the file?
 	 *
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c
index 2371187b7615..eed4881d4461 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c
@@ -568,6 +568,12 @@ xfs_vm_writepage(
 {
 	struct xfs_writepage_ctx wpc = { };
 
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(xfs_trans_context_active())) {
+		redirty_page_for_writepage(wbc, page);
+		unlock_page(page);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	return iomap_writepage(page, wbc, &wpc.ctx, &xfs_writeback_ops);
 }
 
@@ -579,6 +585,10 @@ xfs_vm_writepages(
 	struct xfs_writepage_ctx wpc = { };
 
 	xfs_iflags_clear(XFS_I(mapping->host), XFS_ITRUNCATED);
+
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(xfs_trans_context_active()))
+		return 0;
+
 	return iomap_writepages(mapping, wbc, &wpc.ctx, &xfs_writeback_ops);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h
index 3645fd0d74b8..e2f3251d6cce 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h
@@ -268,24 +268,40 @@ xfs_trans_item_relog(
 	return lip->li_ops->iop_relog(lip, tp);
 }
 
+static inline bool
+xfs_trans_context_active(void)
+{
+	return current->journal_info != NULL;
+}
+
 static inline void
 xfs_trans_context_set(struct xfs_trans *tp)
 {
+	ASSERT(!current->journal_info);
+	current->journal_info = tp;
 	tp->t_pflags = memalloc_nofs_save();
 }
 
 static inline void
 xfs_trans_context_clear(struct xfs_trans *tp)
 {
-	if (!tp->t_pflags)
-		memalloc_nofs_restore(tp->t_pflags);
+	/*
+	 * If we handed over the context via xfs_trans_context_swap() then
+	 * the context is no longer needed to clear.
+	 */
+	if (current->journal_info != tp)
+		return;
+
+	current->journal_info = NULL;
+	memalloc_nofs_restore(tp->t_pflags);
 }
 
 static inline void
 xfs_trans_context_swap(struct xfs_trans *tp, struct xfs_trans *ntp)
 {
+	ASSERT(current->journal_info == tp);
+	current->journal_info = ntp;
 	ntp->t_pflags = tp->t_pflags;
-	tp->t_pflags = -1;
 }
 
 #endif	/* __XFS_TRANS_H__ */
-- 
2.17.1