2 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index 4d7433534f5c..6024877335ca 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -1005,9 +1005,19 @@ grow_dev_page(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block,
         struct buffer_head *bh;
         sector_t end_block;
         int ret = 0;            /* Will call free_more_memory() */
+        gfp_t gfp_mask;
 
-        page = find_or_create_page(inode->i_mapping, index,
-                (mapping_gfp_mask(inode->i_mapping) & ~__GFP_FS)|__GFP_MOVABLE);
+        gfp_mask = mapping_gfp_mask(inode->i_mapping) & ~__GFP_FS;
+        gfp_mask |= __GFP_MOVABLE;
+        /*
+         * XXX: __getblk_slow() can not really deal with failure and
+         * will endlessly loop on improvised global reclaim.  Prefer
+         * looping in the allocator rather than here, at least that
+         * code knows what it's doing.
+         */
+        gfp_mask |= __GFP_NOFAIL;
+
+        page = find_or_create_page(inode->i_mapping, index, gfp_mask);
         if (!page)
                 return ret;
 
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 65fc6a449841..34d3ca9572d6 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -2766,6 +2766,8 @@ done:
         return 0;
 nomem:
         *ptr = NULL;
+        if (gfp_mask & __GFP_NOFAIL)
+                return 0;
         return -ENOMEM;
 bypass:
         *ptr = root_mem_cgroup;