[PATCH] ext3: ext3_symlink should use GFP_NOFS allocations inside

[Kirill Korotaev <dev@openvz.org>]

Andrew,

Resending a patch with a separate helper as requested by Al Viro:

This patch fixes illegal __GFP_FS allocation inside ext3
transaction in ext3_symlink().
Such allocation may re-enter ext3 code from
try_to_free_pages. But JBD/ext3 code keeps a pointer to current
journal handle in task_struct and, hence, is not reentrable.

This bug led to "Assertion failure in journal_dirty_metadata()" messages.

http://bugzilla.openvz.org/show_bug.cgi?id=115

Signed-Off-By: Andrey Savochkin <saw@saw.sw.com.sg>
Signed-Off-By: Kirill Korotaev <dev@openvz.org>

Thanks,
Kirill
P.S. against 2.6.16-rc5

--- ./fs/ext3/namei.c.symlnkfix	2006-03-10 10:24:05.000000000 +0300
+++ ./fs/ext3/namei.c	2006-03-10 10:24:49.000000000 +0300
@@ -2141,7 +2141,7 @@ retry:
 		 * We have a transaction open.  All is sweetness.  It also sets
 		 * i_size in generic_commit_write().
 		 */
-		err = page_symlink(inode, symname, l);
+		err = __page_symlink(inode, symname, l, GFP_NOFS);
 		if (err) {
 			ext3_dec_count(handle, inode);
 			ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
--- ./fs/namei.c.symlnkfix	2006-03-10 10:24:05.000000000 +0300
+++ ./fs/namei.c	2006-03-10 10:34:58.000000000 +0300
@@ -2613,13 +2613,16 @@ void page_put_link(struct dentry *dentry
 	}
 }
 
-int page_symlink(struct inode *inode, const char *symname, int len)
+int __page_symlink(struct inode *inode, const char *symname, int len,
+		gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
 	struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
-	struct page *page = grab_cache_page(mapping, 0);
+	struct page *page;
 	int err = -ENOMEM;
 	char *kaddr;
 
+	page = find_or_create_page(mapping, 0,
+			mapping_gfp_mask(mapping) | gfp_mask);
 	if (!page)
 		goto fail;
 	err = mapping->a_ops->prepare_write(NULL, page, 0, len-1);
@@ -2654,6 +2657,11 @@ fail:
 	return err;
 }
 
+int page_symlink(struct inode *inode, const char *symname, int len)
+{
+	return __page_symlink(inode, symname, len, GFP_KERNEL);
+}
+
 struct inode_operations page_symlink_inode_operations = {
 	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
 	.follow_link	= page_follow_link_light,
@@ -2672,6 +2680,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(lookup_one_len);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(page_follow_link_light);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(page_put_link);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(page_readlink);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__page_symlink);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(page_symlink);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(page_symlink_inode_operations);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(path_lookup);
--- ./include/linux/fs.h.symlnkfix	2006-03-10 10:24:05.000000000 +0300
+++ ./include/linux/fs.h	2006-03-10 10:27:40.000000000 +0300
@@ -1669,6 +1669,8 @@ extern int vfs_follow_link(struct nameid
 extern int page_readlink(struct dentry *, char __user *, int);
 extern void *page_follow_link_light(struct dentry *, struct nameidata *);
 extern void page_put_link(struct dentry *, struct nameidata *, void *);
+extern int __page_symlink(struct inode *inode, const char *symname, int len,
+		gfp_t gfp_mask);
 extern int page_symlink(struct inode *inode, const char *symname, int len);
 extern struct inode_operations page_symlink_inode_operations;
 extern int generic_readlink(struct dentry *, char __user *, int);