bio: use bio_kmalloc() in copy/map functions

Impact: remove possible deadlock condition

There is no reason to use mempool backed allocation for map functions.
Also, because kern mapping is used inside LLDs (e.g. for EH), using
mempool backed allocation can lead to deadlock under extreme
conditions (mempool already consumed by the time a request reached EH
and requests are blocked on EH).

Switch copy/map functions to bio_kmalloc().

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
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Tejun Heo 2009-04-15 22:10:27 +09:00 коммит произвёл Jens Axboe
Родитель 451a9ebf65
Коммит a9e9dc24bb
1 изменённых файлов: 3 добавлений и 3 удалений

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@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ struct bio *bio_copy_user_iov(struct request_queue *q,
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
ret = -ENOMEM;
bio = bio_alloc(gfp_mask, nr_pages);
bio = bio_kmalloc(gfp_mask, nr_pages);
if (!bio)
goto out_bmd;
@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ static struct bio *__bio_map_user_iov(struct request_queue *q,
if (!nr_pages)
return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
bio = bio_alloc(gfp_mask, nr_pages);
bio = bio_kmalloc(gfp_mask, nr_pages);
if (!bio)
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
@ -1130,7 +1130,7 @@ static struct bio *__bio_map_kern(struct request_queue *q, void *data,
int offset, i;
struct bio *bio;
bio = bio_alloc(gfp_mask, nr_pages);
bio = bio_kmalloc(gfp_mask, nr_pages);
if (!bio)
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);