@@ -662,7 +662,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_buffers_fsync);
void write_boundary_block(struct block_device *bdev,
sector_t bblock, unsigned blocksize)
{
- struct buffer_head *bh = __find_get_block(bdev, bblock + 1, blocksize);
+ struct buffer_head *bh = __find_get_block_nonatomic(bdev, bblock + 1,
+ blocksize);
if (bh) {
if (buffer_dirty(bh))
write_dirty_buffer(bh, 0);
@@ -1418,6 +1419,15 @@ __find_get_block(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block, unsigned size)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__find_get_block);
+/* same as __find_get_block() but allows sleeping contexts */
+struct buffer_head *
+__find_get_block_nonatomic(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block,
+ unsigned size)
+{
+ return find_get_block_common(bdev, block, size, false);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__find_get_block_nonatomic);
+
/**
* bdev_getblk - Get a buffer_head in a block device's buffer cache.
* @bdev: The block device.
@@ -1435,7 +1445,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__find_get_block);
struct buffer_head *bdev_getblk(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block,
unsigned size, gfp_t gfp)
{
- struct buffer_head *bh = __find_get_block(bdev, block, size);
+ struct buffer_head *bh;
+
+ if (gfpflags_allow_blocking(gfp))
+ bh = __find_get_block_nonatomic(bdev, block, size);
+ else
+ bh = __find_get_block(bdev, block, size);
might_alloc(gfp);
if (bh)
@@ -222,6 +222,8 @@ void __wait_on_buffer(struct buffer_head *);
wait_queue_head_t *bh_waitq_head(struct buffer_head *bh);
struct buffer_head *__find_get_block(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block,
unsigned size);
+struct buffer_head *__find_get_block_nonatomic(struct block_device *bdev,
+ sector_t block, unsigned size);
struct buffer_head *bdev_getblk(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block,
unsigned size, gfp_t gfp);
void __brelse(struct buffer_head *);