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Diffstat (limited to 'block/blk-core.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | block/blk-core.c | 16 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c index 89eec7965870..9e32f0868e36 100644 --- a/block/blk-core.c +++ b/block/blk-core.c @@ -1206,8 +1206,8 @@ rq_starved: * @bio: bio to allocate request for (can be %NULL) * @gfp_mask: allocation mask * - * Get a free request from @q. If %__GFP_WAIT is set in @gfp_mask, this - * function keeps retrying under memory pressure and fails iff @q is dead. + * Get a free request from @q. If %__GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM is set in @gfp_mask, + * this function keeps retrying under memory pressure and fails iff @q is dead. * * Must be called with @q->queue_lock held and, * Returns ERR_PTR on failure, with @q->queue_lock held. @@ -1227,7 +1227,7 @@ retry: if (!IS_ERR(rq)) return rq; - if (!(gfp_mask & __GFP_WAIT) || unlikely(blk_queue_dying(q))) { + if (!gfpflags_allow_blocking(gfp_mask) || unlikely(blk_queue_dying(q))) { blk_put_rl(rl); return rq; } @@ -1305,11 +1305,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_get_request); * BUG. * * WARNING: When allocating/cloning a bio-chain, careful consideration should be - * given to how you allocate bios. In particular, you cannot use __GFP_WAIT for - * anything but the first bio in the chain. Otherwise you risk waiting for IO - * completion of a bio that hasn't been submitted yet, thus resulting in a - * deadlock. Alternatively bios should be allocated using bio_kmalloc() instead - * of bio_alloc(), as that avoids the mempool deadlock. + * given to how you allocate bios. In particular, you cannot use + * __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM for anything but the first bio in the chain. Otherwise + * you risk waiting for IO completion of a bio that hasn't been submitted yet, + * thus resulting in a deadlock. Alternatively bios should be allocated using + * bio_kmalloc() instead of bio_alloc(), as that avoids the mempool deadlock. * If possible a big IO should be split into smaller parts when allocation * fails. Partial allocation should not be an error, or you risk a live-lock. */ |