The patch titled
Subject: nfs: prevent page allocator recursions with swap over NFS.
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nfs-prevent-page-allocator-recursions-with-swap-over-nfs.patch
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From: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx>
Subject: nfs: prevent page allocator recursions with swap over NFS.
GFP_NOFS is _more_ permissive than GFP_NOIO in that it will initiate IO,
just not of any filesystem data.
The problem is that previously NOFS was correct because that avoids
recursion into the NFS code. With swap-over-NFS, it is no longer correct
as swap IO can lead to this recursion.
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Eric B Munson <emunson@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Eric Paris <eparis@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: James Morris <jmorris@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Mike Christie <michaelc@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <sebastian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Xiaotian Feng <dfeng@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/nfs/pagelist.c | 2 +-
fs/nfs/write.c | 4 ++--
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff -puN fs/nfs/pagelist.c~nfs-prevent-page-allocator-recursions-with-swap-over-nfs fs/nfs/pagelist.c
--- a/fs/nfs/pagelist.c~nfs-prevent-page-allocator-recursions-with-swap-over-nfs
+++ a/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ void nfs_set_pgio_error(struct nfs_pgio_
static inline struct nfs_page *
nfs_page_alloc(void)
{
- struct nfs_page *p = kmem_cache_zalloc(nfs_page_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
+ struct nfs_page *p = kmem_cache_zalloc(nfs_page_cachep, GFP_NOIO);
if (p)
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&p->wb_list);
return p;
diff -puN fs/nfs/write.c~nfs-prevent-page-allocator-recursions-with-swap-over-nfs fs/nfs/write.c
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c~nfs-prevent-page-allocator-recursions-with-swap-over-nfs
+++ a/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ static mempool_t *nfs_commit_mempool;
struct nfs_commit_data *nfs_commitdata_alloc(void)
{
- struct nfs_commit_data *p = mempool_alloc(nfs_commit_mempool, GFP_NOFS);
+ struct nfs_commit_data *p = mempool_alloc(nfs_commit_mempool, GFP_NOIO);
if (p) {
memset(p, 0, sizeof(*p));
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs_commit_free);
struct nfs_write_header *nfs_writehdr_alloc(void)
{
- struct nfs_write_header *p = mempool_alloc(nfs_wdata_mempool, GFP_NOFS);
+ struct nfs_write_header *p = mempool_alloc(nfs_wdata_mempool, GFP_NOIO);
if (p) {
struct nfs_pgio_header *hdr = &p->header;
_
Subject: Subject: nfs: prevent page allocator recursions with swap over NFS.
Patches currently in -mm which might be from mgorman@xxxxxxx are
origin.patch
linux-next.patch
memcg-prevent-oom-with-too-many-dirty-pages.patch
memcg-prevent-oom-with-too-many-dirty-pages-fix.patch
mm-do-not-use-page_count-without-a-page-pin.patch
mm-clean-up-__count_immobile_pages.patch
mm-hotplug-correctly-setup-fallback-zonelists-when-creating-new-pgdat.patch
mm-hotplug-correctly-add-new-zone-to-all-other-nodes-zone-lists.patch
mm-hotplug-free-zone-pageset-when-a-zone-becomes-empty.patch
mm-hotplug-mark-memory-hotplug-code-in-page_allocc-as-__meminit.patch
mm-factor-out-memory-isolate-functions.patch
mm-bug-fix-free-page-check-in-zone_watermark_ok.patch
memory-hotplug-fix-kswapd-looping-forever-problem.patch
memory-hotplug-fix-kswapd-looping-forever-problem-fix.patch
mm-slb-add-knowledge-of-pfmemalloc-reserve-pages.patch
mm-slub-optimise-the-slub-fast-path-to-avoid-pfmemalloc-checks.patch
mm-introduce-__gfp_memalloc-to-allow-access-to-emergency-reserves.patch
mm-allow-pf_memalloc-from-softirq-context.patch
mm-only-set-page-pfmemalloc-when-alloc_no_watermarks-was-used.patch
mm-ignore-mempolicies-when-using-alloc_no_watermark.patch
net-introduce-sk_gfp_atomic-to-allow-addition-of-gfp-flags-depending-on-the-individual-socket.patch
netvm-allow-the-use-of-__gfp_memalloc-by-specific-sockets.patch
netvm-allow-skb-allocation-to-use-pfmemalloc-reserves.patch
netvm-propagate-page-pfmemalloc-to-skb.patch
netvm-propagate-page-pfmemalloc-from-skb_alloc_page-to-skb.patch
netvm-set-pf_memalloc-as-appropriate-during-skb-processing.patch
mm-micro-optimise-slab-to-avoid-a-function-call.patch
nbd-set-sock_memalloc-for-access-to-pfmemalloc-reserves.patch
mm-throttle-direct-reclaimers-if-pf_memalloc-reserves-are-low-and-swap-is-backed-by-network-storage.patch
mm-account-for-the-number-of-times-direct-reclaimers-get-throttled.patch
netvm-prevent-a-stream-specific-deadlock.patch
selinux-tag-avc-cache-alloc-as-non-critical.patch
mm-methods-for-teaching-filesystems-about-pg_swapcache-pages.patch
mm-add-support-for-a-filesystem-to-activate-swap-files-and-use-direct_io-for-writing-swap-pages.patch
mm-swap-implement-generic-handler-for-swap_activate.patch
mm-add-get_kernel_page-for-pinning-of-kernel-addresses-for-i-o.patch
mm-add-support-for-direct_io-to-highmem-pages.patch
nfs-teach-the-nfs-client-how-to-treat-pg_swapcache-pages.patch
nfs-disable-data-cache-revalidation-for-swapfiles.patch
nfs-enable-swap-on-nfs.patch
nfs-prevent-page-allocator-recursions-with-swap-over-nfs.patch
swapfile-avoid-dereferencing-bd_disk-during-swap_entry_free-for-network-storage.patch
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