Re: [PATCH] fs: drop GFP_NOFAIL mode from alloc_page_buffers

[Christian Brauner]

On Fri, Aug 30, 2024 at 11:38:24AM GMT, Michal Hocko wrote:
> On Fri 30-08-24 08:11:00, Hannes Reinecke wrote:
> > On 8/29/24 21:17, Jan Kara wrote:
> > > On Thu 29-08-24 15:06:40, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > > > From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
> > > > 
> > > > There is only one called of alloc_page_buffers and it doesn't require
> > > > __GFP_NOFAIL so drop this allocation mode.
> > > > 
> > > > Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
> > > 
> > > Looks good. Feel free to add:
> > > 
> > > Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
> > > 
> > > Although even better fix would be to convert the last remaining caller of
> > > alloc_page_buffers() to folio_alloc_buffers()... But that may be more
> > > difficult.
> > > 
> > Already done by Pankajs large-block patchset, currently staged in vfs.git.
> 
> Which branch should I be looking at?

Hi Michal, Hannes should be referring to:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git/log/?h=vfs.blocksize