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-rw-r--r--fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_util.c16
-rw-r--r--fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_util.h13
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_util.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_util.c
index 296160b8e78..47a9daa7b4e 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_util.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_util.c
@@ -258,14 +258,23 @@ xfs_bmapi_allocate_worker(
struct xfs_bmalloca *args = container_of(work,
struct xfs_bmalloca, work);
unsigned long pflags;
+ unsigned long new_pflags = PF_FSTRANS;
- /* we are in a transaction context here */
- current_set_flags_nested(&pflags, PF_FSTRANS);
+ /*
+ * we are in a transaction context here, but may also be doing work
+ * in kswapd context, and hence we may need to inherit that state
+ * temporarily to ensure that we don't block waiting for memory reclaim
+ * in any way.
+ */
+ if (args->kswapd)
+ new_pflags |= PF_MEMALLOC | PF_SWAPWRITE | PF_KSWAPD;
+
+ current_set_flags_nested(&pflags, new_pflags);
args->result = __xfs_bmapi_allocate(args);
complete(args->done);
- current_restore_flags_nested(&pflags, PF_FSTRANS);
+ current_restore_flags_nested(&pflags, new_pflags);
}
/*
@@ -284,6 +293,7 @@ xfs_bmapi_allocate(
args->done = &done;
+ args->kswapd = current_is_kswapd();
INIT_WORK_ONSTACK(&args->work, xfs_bmapi_allocate_worker);
queue_work(xfs_alloc_wq, &args->work);
wait_for_completion(&done);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_util.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_util.h
index 935ed2b24ed..075f72232a6 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_util.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_util.h
@@ -50,12 +50,13 @@ struct xfs_bmalloca {
xfs_extlen_t total; /* total blocks needed for xaction */
xfs_extlen_t minlen; /* minimum allocation size (blocks) */
xfs_extlen_t minleft; /* amount must be left after alloc */
- char eof; /* set if allocating past last extent */
- char wasdel; /* replacing a delayed allocation */
- char userdata;/* set if is user data */
- char aeof; /* allocated space at eof */
- char conv; /* overwriting unwritten extents */
- char stack_switch;
+ bool eof; /* set if allocating past last extent */
+ bool wasdel; /* replacing a delayed allocation */
+ bool userdata;/* set if is user data */
+ bool aeof; /* allocated space at eof */
+ bool conv; /* overwriting unwritten extents */
+ bool stack_switch;
+ bool kswapd; /* allocation in kswapd context */
int flags;
struct completion *done;
struct work_struct work;