[PATCH 4.19 169/280] Btrfs: setup a nofs context for memory allocation at __btrfs_set_acl

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Fri Mar 22 2019 - 08:40:47 EST


4.19-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Filipe Manana <fdmanana@xxxxxxxx>

commit a0873490660246db587849a9e172f2b7b21fa88a upstream.

We are holding a transaction handle when setting an acl, therefore we can
not allocate the xattr value buffer using GFP_KERNEL, as we could deadlock
if reclaim is triggered by the allocation, therefore setup a nofs context.

Fixes: 39a27ec1004e8 ("btrfs: use GFP_KERNEL for xattr and acl allocations")
CC: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 4.9+
Reviewed-by: Nikolay Borisov <nborisov@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Filipe Manana <fdmanana@xxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: David Sterba <dsterba@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
fs/btrfs/acl.c | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

--- a/fs/btrfs/acl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/acl.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
#include <linux/posix_acl_xattr.h>
#include <linux/posix_acl.h>
#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/sched/mm.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>

#include "ctree.h"
@@ -72,8 +73,16 @@ static int __btrfs_set_acl(struct btrfs_
}

if (acl) {
+ unsigned int nofs_flag;
+
size = posix_acl_xattr_size(acl->a_count);
+ /*
+ * We're holding a transaction handle, so use a NOFS memory
+ * allocation context to avoid deadlock if reclaim happens.
+ */
+ nofs_flag = memalloc_nofs_save();
value = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+ memalloc_nofs_restore(nofs_flag);
if (!value) {
ret = -ENOMEM;
goto out;