buffer: grow_dev_page() should use __GFP_NOFAIL for all cases
authorJens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Wed, 27 Sep 2017 11:45:36 +0000 (05:45 -0600)
committerJens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Tue, 3 Oct 2017 14:38:17 +0000 (08:38 -0600)
We currently use it for find_or_create_page(), which means that it
cannot fail. Ensure we also pass in 'retry == true' to
alloc_page_buffers(), which also ensure that it cannot fail.

After this, there are no failure cases in grow_dev_page() that
occur because of a failed memory allocation.

Reviewed-by: Nikolay Borisov <nborisov@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
fs/buffer.c

index 1234ae343aef0780fe3fbe3c2a5d37d2068cbfaa..3b60cd8456db4dd36ae3bf1a9f0430433cdf6b17 100644 (file)
@@ -988,8 +988,6 @@ grow_dev_page(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block,
        gfp_mask |= __GFP_NOFAIL;
 
        page = find_or_create_page(inode->i_mapping, index, gfp_mask);
-       if (!page)
-               return ret;
 
        BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
 
@@ -1008,9 +1006,7 @@ grow_dev_page(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block,
        /*
         * Allocate some buffers for this page
         */
-       bh = alloc_page_buffers(page, size, false);
-       if (!bh)
-               goto failed;
+       bh = alloc_page_buffers(page, size, true);
 
        /*
         * Link the page to the buffers and initialise them.  Take the