jbd: Revert "jbd: remove dependency on __GFP_NOFAIL"

This reverts commit 0571308. The idea to remove __GFP_NOFAIL was opposed by Andrew Morton. Although mm guys do want to get rid of __GFP_NOFAIL users, opencoding the allocation retry is even worse. See emails following http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1809153#1809153 Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <[email protected]>
chewitt · Oct 31, 2013 · 1ce0aa8 · 1ce0aa8
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commit 1ce0aa8
Showing 1 changed file with 4 additions and 4 deletions.
diff --git a/fs/jbd/transaction.c b/fs/jbd/transaction.c
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/highmem.h>
 #include <linux/hrtimer.h>
-#include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 
 static void __journal_temp_unlink_buffer(struct journal_head *jh);
 
@@ -100,10 +99,11 @@ static int start_this_handle(journal_t *journal, handle_t *handle)
 
 alloc_transaction:
 	if (!journal->j_running_transaction) {
-		new_transaction = kzalloc(sizeof(*new_transaction), GFP_NOFS);
+		new_transaction = kzalloc(sizeof(*new_transaction),
+						GFP_NOFS|__GFP_NOFAIL);
 		if (!new_transaction) {
-			congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/50);
-			goto alloc_transaction;
+			ret = -ENOMEM;
+			goto out;
 		}
 	}