3 files changed, 57 insertions, 23 deletions

diff --git a/fs/jbd2/journal.c b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
index f7bf15787d68..a79d3345b55a 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include <linux/hash.h>
 #include <linux/log2.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
+#include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 
 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
 #include <trace/events/jbd2.h>
@@ -48,8 +49,6 @@
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
 
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(jbd2_journal_start);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(jbd2_journal_restart);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(jbd2_journal_extend);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(jbd2_journal_stop);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(jbd2_journal_lock_updates);
@@ -311,7 +310,17 @@ int jbd2_journal_write_metadata_buffer(transaction_t *transaction,
          */
         J_ASSERT_BH(bh_in, buffer_jbddirty(bh_in));
 
-        new_bh = alloc_buffer_head(GFP_NOFS|__GFP_NOFAIL);
+retry_alloc:
+        new_bh = alloc_buffer_head(GFP_NOFS);
+        if (!new_bh) {
+                /*
+                 * Failure is not an option, but __GFP_NOFAIL is going
+                 * away; so we retry ourselves here.
+                 */
+                congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/50);
+                goto retry_alloc;
+        }
+
         /* keep subsequent assertions sane */
         new_bh->b_state = 0;
         init_buffer(new_bh, NULL, NULL);
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/transaction.c b/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
index e214d68620ac..001e95fb0fe1 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/highmem.h>
 #include <linux/hrtimer.h>
+#include <linux/backing-dev.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
 
 static void __jbd2_journal_temp_unlink_buffer(struct journal_head *jh);
 
@@ -83,30 +85,38 @@ jbd2_get_transaction(journal_t *journal, transaction_t *transaction)
  * transaction's buffer credits.
  */
 
-static int start_this_handle(journal_t *journal, handle_t *handle)
+static int start_this_handle(journal_t *journal, handle_t *handle,
+                             int gfp_mask)
 {
         transaction_t *transaction;
         int needed;
         int nblocks = handle->h_buffer_credits;
         transaction_t *new_transaction = NULL;
-        int ret = 0;
         unsigned long ts = jiffies;
 
         if (nblocks > journal->j_max_transaction_buffers) {
                 printk(KERN_ERR "JBD: %s wants too many credits (%d > %d)\n",
                        current->comm, nblocks,
                        journal->j_max_transaction_buffers);
-                ret = -ENOSPC;
-                goto out;
+                return -ENOSPC;
         }
 
 alloc_transaction:
         if (!journal->j_running_transaction) {
-                new_transaction = kzalloc(sizeof(*new_transaction),
-                                                GFP_NOFS|__GFP_NOFAIL);
+                new_transaction = kzalloc(sizeof(*new_transaction), gfp_mask);
                 if (!new_transaction) {
-                        ret = -ENOMEM;
-                        goto out;
+                        /*
+                         * If __GFP_FS is not present, then we may be
+                         * being called from inside the fs writeback
+                         * layer, so we MUST NOT fail.  Since
+                         * __GFP_NOFAIL is going away, we will arrange
+                         * to retry the allocation ourselves.
+                         */
+                        if ((gfp_mask & __GFP_FS) == 0) {
+                                congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/50);
+                                goto alloc_transaction;
+                        }
+                        return -ENOMEM;
                 }
         }
 
@@ -123,8 +133,8 @@ repeat_locked:
         if (is_journal_aborted(journal) ||
             (journal->j_errno != 0 && !(journal->j_flags & JBD2_ACK_ERR))) {
                 spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
-                ret = -EROFS;
-                goto out;
+                kfree(new_transaction);
+                return -EROFS;
         }
 
         /* Wait on the journal's transaction barrier if necessary */
@@ -240,10 +250,8 @@ repeat_locked:
         spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 
         lock_map_acquire(&handle->h_lockdep_map);
-out:
-        if (unlikely(new_transaction))          /* It's usually NULL */
-                kfree(new_transaction);
-        return ret;
+        kfree(new_transaction);
+        return 0;
 }
 
 static struct lock_class_key jbd2_handle_key;
@@ -278,7 +286,7 @@ static handle_t *new_handle(int nblocks)
  *
  * Return a pointer to a newly allocated handle, or NULL on failure
  */
-handle_t *jbd2_journal_start(journal_t *journal, int nblocks)
+handle_t *jbd2__journal_start(journal_t *journal, int nblocks, int gfp_mask)
 {
         handle_t *handle = journal_current_handle();
         int err;
@@ -298,7 +306,7 @@ handle_t *jbd2_journal_start(journal_t *journal, int nblocks)
 
         current->journal_info = handle;
 
-        err = start_this_handle(journal, handle);
+        err = start_this_handle(journal, handle, gfp_mask);
         if (err < 0) {
                 jbd2_free_handle(handle);
                 current->journal_info = NULL;
@@ -308,6 +316,15 @@ handle_t *jbd2_journal_start(journal_t *journal, int nblocks)
 out:
         return handle;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(jbd2__journal_start);
+
+
+handle_t *jbd2_journal_start(journal_t *journal, int nblocks)
+{
+        return jbd2__journal_start(journal, nblocks, GFP_NOFS);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(jbd2_journal_start);
+
 
 /**
  * int jbd2_journal_extend() - extend buffer credits.
@@ -394,8 +411,7 @@ out:
  * transaction capabable of guaranteeing the requested number of
  * credits.
  */
-
-int jbd2_journal_restart(handle_t *handle, int nblocks)
+int jbd2__journal_restart(handle_t *handle, int nblocks, int gfp_mask)
 {
         transaction_t *transaction = handle->h_transaction;
         journal_t *journal = transaction->t_journal;
@@ -428,10 +444,17 @@ int jbd2_journal_restart(handle_t *handle, int nblocks)
 
         lock_map_release(&handle->h_lockdep_map);
         handle->h_buffer_credits = nblocks;
-        ret = start_this_handle(journal, handle);
+        ret = start_this_handle(journal, handle, gfp_mask);
         return ret;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(jbd2__journal_restart);
+
 
+int jbd2_journal_restart(handle_t *handle, int nblocks)
+{
+        return jbd2__journal_restart(handle, nblocks, GFP_NOFS);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(jbd2_journal_restart);
 
 /**
  * void jbd2_journal_lock_updates () - establish a transaction barrier.
diff --git a/include/linux/jbd2.h b/include/linux/jbd2.h
index a4d2e9f7088a..5a72bc75b273 100644
--- a/include/linux/jbd2.h
+++ b/include/linux/jbd2.h
@@ -1081,7 +1081,9 @@ static inline handle_t *journal_current_handle(void)
  */
 
 extern handle_t *jbd2_journal_start(journal_t *, int nblocks);
-extern int       jbd2_journal_restart (handle_t *, int nblocks);
+extern handle_t *jbd2__journal_start(journal_t *, int nblocks, int gfp_mask);
+extern int       jbd2_journal_restart(handle_t *, int nblocks);
+extern int       jbd2__journal_restart(handle_t *, int nblocks, int gfp_mask);
 extern int       jbd2_journal_extend (handle_t *, int nblocks);
 extern int       jbd2_journal_get_write_access(handle_t *, struct buffer_head *);
 extern int       jbd2_journal_get_create_access (handle_t *, struct buffer_head *);