Re: [PATCH 1/4] fs/buffer: use sleeping lookup in __getblk_slowpath()

From: Jan Kara
Date: Fri May 16 2025 - 06:13:32 EST


On Thu 15-05-25 10:39:22, Davidlohr Bueso wrote:
> Just as with the fast path, call the lookup variant depending
> on the gfp flags.
>
> Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Looks good. Feel free to add:

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>

Honza
> ---
> fs/buffer.c | 7 ++++++-
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
> index b8e1e6e325cd..5a4342881f3b 100644
> --- a/fs/buffer.c
> +++ b/fs/buffer.c
> @@ -1122,6 +1122,8 @@ static struct buffer_head *
> __getblk_slow(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block,
> unsigned size, gfp_t gfp)
> {
> + bool blocking = gfpflags_allow_blocking(gfp);
> +
> /* Size must be multiple of hard sectorsize */
> if (unlikely(size & (bdev_logical_block_size(bdev)-1) ||
> (size < 512 || size > PAGE_SIZE))) {
> @@ -1137,7 +1139,10 @@ __getblk_slow(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block,
> for (;;) {
> struct buffer_head *bh;
>
> - bh = __find_get_block(bdev, block, size);
> + if (blocking)
> + bh = __find_get_block_nonatomic(bdev, block, size);
> + else
> + bh = __find_get_block(bdev, block, size);
> if (bh)
> return bh;
>
> --
> 2.39.5
>
--
Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR