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drbd: a few more GFP_KERNEL -> GFP_NOIO
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This has not yet been observed, but conceivably, when using GFP_KERNEL
allocations from drbd_md_sync(), drbd_flush_after_epoch() or
receive_SyncParam(), we could trigger additional IO to our own device,
or an other device in a criss-cross setup, and end up in a local
deadlock, or potentially a distributed deadlock in a criss-cross setup
involving the peer blocked in a similar way waiting for us to make
progress.

Signed-off-by: Philipp Reisner <philipp.reisner@linbit.com>
Signed-off-by: Lars Ellenberg <lars.ellenberg@linbit.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
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Lars Ellenberg authored and Jens Axboe committed Oct 30, 2012
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
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Expand Up @@ -2497,7 +2497,7 @@ static inline void drbd_md_flush(struct drbd_conf *mdev)
if (test_bit(MD_NO_FUA, &mdev->flags))
return;

r = blkdev_issue_flush(mdev->ldev->md_bdev, GFP_KERNEL, NULL);
r = blkdev_issue_flush(mdev->ldev->md_bdev, GFP_NOIO, NULL);
if (r) {
set_bit(MD_NO_FUA, &mdev->flags);
dev_err(DEV, "meta data flush failed with status %d, disabling md-flushes\n", r);
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
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Expand Up @@ -957,7 +957,7 @@ static void drbd_flush(struct drbd_conf *mdev)
int rv;

if (mdev->write_ordering >= WO_bdev_flush && get_ldev(mdev)) {
rv = blkdev_issue_flush(mdev->ldev->backing_bdev, GFP_KERNEL,
rv = blkdev_issue_flush(mdev->ldev->backing_bdev, GFP_NOIO,
NULL);
if (rv) {
dev_info(DEV, "local disk flush failed with status %d\n", rv);
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fifo_size = (mdev->sync_conf.c_plan_ahead * 10 * SLEEP_TIME) / HZ;
if (fifo_size != mdev->rs_plan_s.size && fifo_size > 0) {
rs_plan_s = kzalloc(sizeof(int) * fifo_size, GFP_KERNEL);
rs_plan_s = kzalloc(sizeof(int) * fifo_size, GFP_NOIO);
if (!rs_plan_s) {
dev_err(DEV, "kmalloc of fifo_buffer failed");
goto disconnect;
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