[RFC 7/8] btrfs: Prevent from early transaction abort

[mhocko@kernel.org]

From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>

Btrfs relies on GFP_NOFS allocation when commiting the transaction but
since "mm: page_alloc: do not lock up GFP_NOFS allocations upon OOM"
those allocations are allowed to fail which can lead to a pre-mature
transaction abort:

[   55.328093] Call Trace:
[   55.328890]  [<ffffffff8154e6f0>] dump_stack+0x4f/0x7b
[   55.330518]  [<ffffffff8108fa28>] ? console_unlock+0x334/0x363
[   55.332738]  [<ffffffff8110873e>] __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x81d/0x8d4
[   55.334910]  [<ffffffff81100752>] pagecache_get_page+0x10e/0x20c
[   55.336844]  [<ffffffffa007d916>] alloc_extent_buffer+0xd0/0x350 [btrfs]
[   55.338973]  [<ffffffffa0059d8c>] btrfs_find_create_tree_block+0x15/0x17 [btrfs]
[   55.341329]  [<ffffffffa004f728>] btrfs_alloc_tree_block+0x18c/0x405 [btrfs]
[   55.343566]  [<ffffffffa003fa34>] split_leaf+0x1e4/0x6a6 [btrfs]
[   55.345577]  [<ffffffffa0040567>] btrfs_search_slot+0x671/0x831 [btrfs]
[   55.347679]  [<ffffffff810682d7>] ? get_parent_ip+0xe/0x3e
[   55.349434]  [<ffffffffa0041cb2>] btrfs_insert_empty_items+0x5d/0xa8 [btrfs]
[   55.351681]  [<ffffffffa004ecfb>] __btrfs_run_delayed_refs+0x7a6/0xf35 [btrfs]
[   55.353979]  [<ffffffffa00512ea>] btrfs_run_delayed_refs+0x6e/0x226 [btrfs]
[   55.356212]  [<ffffffffa0060e21>] ? start_transaction+0x192/0x534 [btrfs]
[   55.358378]  [<ffffffffa0060e21>] ? start_transaction+0x192/0x534 [btrfs]
[   55.360626]  [<ffffffffa0060221>] btrfs_commit_transaction+0x4c/0xaba [btrfs]
[   55.362894]  [<ffffffffa0060e21>] ? start_transaction+0x192/0x534 [btrfs]
[   55.365221]  [<ffffffffa0073428>] btrfs_sync_file+0x29c/0x310 [btrfs]
[   55.367273]  [<ffffffff81186808>] vfs_fsync_range+0x8f/0x9e
[   55.369047]  [<ffffffff81186833>] vfs_fsync+0x1c/0x1e
[   55.370654]  [<ffffffff81186869>] do_fsync+0x34/0x4e
[   55.372246]  [<ffffffff81186ab3>] SyS_fsync+0x10/0x14
[   55.373851]  [<ffffffff81554f97>] system_call_fastpath+0x12/0x6f
[   55.381070] BTRFS: error (device hdb1) in btrfs_run_delayed_refs:2821: errno=-12 Out of memory
[   55.382431] BTRFS warning (device hdb1): Skipping commit of aborted transaction.
[   55.382433] BTRFS warning (device hdb1): cleanup_transaction:1692: Aborting unused transaction(IO failure).
[   55.384280] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[   55.384312] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 3010 at fs/btrfs/delayed-ref.c:438 btrfs_select_ref_head+0xd9/0xfe [btrfs]()
[...]
[   55.384337] Call Trace:
[   55.384353]  [<ffffffff8154e6f0>] dump_stack+0x4f/0x7b
[   55.384357]  [<ffffffff8107f717>] ? down_trylock+0x2d/0x37
[   55.384359]  [<ffffffff81046977>] warn_slowpath_common+0xa1/0xbb
[   55.384398]  [<ffffffffa00a1d6b>] ? btrfs_select_ref_head+0xd9/0xfe [btrfs]
[   55.384400]  [<ffffffff81046a34>] warn_slowpath_null+0x1a/0x1c
[   55.384423]  [<ffffffffa00a1d6b>] btrfs_select_ref_head+0xd9/0xfe [btrfs]
[   55.384446]  [<ffffffffa004e5f7>] ? __btrfs_run_delayed_refs+0xa2/0xf35 [btrfs]
[   55.384455]  [<ffffffffa004e600>] __btrfs_run_delayed_refs+0xab/0xf35 [btrfs]
[   55.384476]  [<ffffffffa00512ea>] btrfs_run_delayed_refs+0x6e/0x226 [btrfs]
[   55.384499]  [<ffffffffa0060e21>] ? start_transaction+0x192/0x534 [btrfs]
[   55.384521]  [<ffffffffa0060e21>] ? start_transaction+0x192/0x534 [btrfs]
[   55.384543]  [<ffffffffa0060221>] btrfs_commit_transaction+0x4c/0xaba [btrfs]
[   55.384565]  [<ffffffffa0060e21>] ? start_transaction+0x192/0x534 [btrfs]
[   55.384588]  [<ffffffffa0073428>] btrfs_sync_file+0x29c/0x310 [btrfs]
[   55.384591]  [<ffffffff81186808>] vfs_fsync_range+0x8f/0x9e
[   55.384592]  [<ffffffff81186833>] vfs_fsync+0x1c/0x1e
[   55.384593]  [<ffffffff81186869>] do_fsync+0x34/0x4e
[   55.384594]  [<ffffffff81186ab3>] SyS_fsync+0x10/0x14
[   55.384595]  [<ffffffff81554f97>] system_call_fastpath+0x12/0x6f
[...]
[   55.384608] ---[ end trace c29799da1d4dd621 ]---
[   55.437323] BTRFS info (device hdb1): forced readonly
[   55.438815] BTRFS info (device hdb1): delayed_refs has NO entry

Fix this by reintroducing the no-fail behavior of this allocation path
with the explicit __GFP_NOFAIL.

Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
---
 fs/btrfs/extent_io.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
index c374e1e71e5f..88fad7051e38 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
@@ -4607,7 +4607,7 @@ __alloc_extent_buffer(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, u64 start,
 {
 	struct extent_buffer *eb = NULL;
 
-	eb = kmem_cache_zalloc(extent_buffer_cache, GFP_NOFS);
+	eb = kmem_cache_zalloc(extent_buffer_cache, GFP_NOFS|__GFP_NOFAIL);
 	if (eb == NULL)
 		return NULL;
 	eb->start = start;
@@ -4867,7 +4867,7 @@ struct extent_buffer *alloc_extent_buffer(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 		return NULL;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < num_pages; i++, index++) {
-		p = find_or_create_page(mapping, index, GFP_NOFS);
+		p = find_or_create_page(mapping, index, GFP_NOFS|__GFP_NOFAIL);
 		if (!p)
 			goto free_eb;
 
-- 
2.5.0

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