FAILED: patch "[PATCH] Btrfs: setup a nofs context for memory allocation at" failed to apply to 4.9-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

The patch below does not apply to the 4.9-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From a0873490660246db587849a9e172f2b7b21fa88a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Filipe Manana <fdmanana@suse.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 21:16:56 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Btrfs: setup a nofs context for memory allocation at
 __btrfs_set_acl

We are holding a transaction handle when setting an acl, therefore we can
not allocate the xattr value buffer using GFP_KERNEL, as we could deadlock
if reclaim is triggered by the allocation, therefore setup a nofs context.

Fixes: 39a27ec1004e8 ("btrfs: use GFP_KERNEL for xattr and acl allocations")
CC: stable@vger.kernel.org # 4.9+
Reviewed-by: Nikolay Borisov <nborisov@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Filipe Manana <fdmanana@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/acl.c b/fs/btrfs/acl.c
index 3b66c957ea6f..5810463dc6d2 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/acl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/acl.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <linux/posix_acl_xattr.h>
 #include <linux/posix_acl.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/sched/mm.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 
 #include "ctree.h"
@@ -72,8 +73,16 @@ static int __btrfs_set_acl(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	}
 
 	if (acl) {
+		unsigned int nofs_flag;
+
 		size = posix_acl_xattr_size(acl->a_count);
+		/*
+		 * We're holding a transaction handle, so use a NOFS memory
+		 * allocation context to avoid deadlock if reclaim happens.
+		 */
+		nofs_flag = memalloc_nofs_save();
 		value = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+		memalloc_nofs_restore(nofs_flag);
 		if (!value) {
 			ret = -ENOMEM;
 			goto out;