Merge branch 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4

* 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4:
  ext4: Fix deadlock in ext4_write_begin() and ext4_da_write_begin()
  ext4: Add fallback for find_group_flex

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index cbd2ca99d113..51cdd13e1c31 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -1368,6 +1368,10 @@ retry:
                 goto out;
         }
 
+        /* We cannot recurse into the filesystem as the transaction is already
+         * started */
+        flags |= AOP_FLAG_NOFS;
+
         page = grab_cache_page_write_begin(mapping, index, flags);
         if (!page) {
                 ext4_journal_stop(handle);
@@ -1377,7 +1381,7 @@ retry:
         *pagep = page;
 
         ret = block_write_begin(file, mapping, pos, len, flags, pagep, fsdata,
-                                                        ext4_get_block);
+                                ext4_get_block);
 
         if (!ret && ext4_should_journal_data(inode)) {
                 ret = walk_page_buffers(handle, page_buffers(page),
@@ -2667,6 +2671,9 @@ retry:
                 ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
                 goto out;
         }
+        /* We cannot recurse into the filesystem as the transaction is already
+         * started */
+        flags |= AOP_FLAG_NOFS;
 
         page = grab_cache_page_write_begin(mapping, index, flags);
         if (!page) {