Theodore Ts'o 80a2ea9f85 mm: retry writepages() on ENOMEM when doing an data integrity writeback ... Currently, file system's writepages() function must not fail with an ENOMEM, since if they do, it's possible for buffered data to be lost. This is because on a data integrity writeback writepages() gets called but once, and if it returns ENOMEM, if you're lucky the error will get reflected back to the userspace process calling fsync(). If you aren't lucky, the user is unmounting the file system, and the dirty pages will simply be lost. For this reason, file system code generally will use GFP_NOFS, and in some cases, will retry the allocation in a loop, on the theory that "kernel livelocks are temporary; data loss is forever". Unfortunately, this can indeed cause livelocks, since inside the writepages() call, the file system is holding various mutexes, and these mutexes may prevent the OOM killer from killing its targetted victim if it is also holding on to those mutexes. A better solution would be to allow writepages() to call the memory allocator with flags that give greater latitude to the allocator to fail, and then release its locks and return ENOMEM, and in the case of background writeback, the writes can be retried at a later time. In the case of data-integrity writeback retry after waiting a brief amount of time. Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>		2017-04-28 09:51:54 -04:00
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kasan	kasan: report only the first error by default	2017-03-31 17:13:30 -07:00
backing-dev.c	bdi: Fix use-after-free in wb_congested_put()	2017-03-08 10:55:17 -07:00
balloon_compaction.c
bootmem.c	mm/bootmem.c: cosmetic improvement of code readability	2017-02-22 16:41:29 -08:00
cleancache.c
cma.c	mm: cma: print allocation failure reason and bitmap status	2017-02-24 17:46:55 -08:00
cma.h
cma_debug.c	mm: cma_alloc: allow to specify GFP mask	2017-02-24 17:46:55 -08:00
compaction.c	sched/headers: Prepare to move signal wakeup & sigpending methods from <linux/sched.h> into <linux/sched/signal.h>	2017-03-02 08:42:32 +01:00
debug.c	mm, debug: print raw struct page data in __dump_page()	2016-12-12 18:55:08 -08:00
debug_page_ref.c
dmapool.c	lib/vsprintf.c: remove %Z support	2017-02-27 18:43:47 -08:00
early_ioremap.c
fadvise.c	mm: fadvise: avoid expensive remote LRU cache draining after FADV_DONTNEED	2016-12-20 09:48:46 -08:00
failslab.c
filemap.c	sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/signal.h>	2017-03-02 08:42:29 +01:00
frame_vector.c
frontswap.c
gup.c	mm, gup: fix typo in gup_p4d_range()	2017-03-13 08:58:09 -07:00
highmem.c
huge_memory.c	mm, thp: fix setting of defer+madvise thp defrag mode	2017-04-08 00:47:48 -07:00
hugetlb.c	mm/hugetlb.c: don't call region_abort if region_chg fails	2017-03-31 17:13:30 -07:00
hugetlb_cgroup.c
hwpoison-inject.c
init-mm.c
internal.h	mm: move pcp and lru-pcp draining into single wq	2017-04-08 00:47:49 -07:00
interval_tree.c
Kconfig	mm: THP page cache support for ppc64	2016-12-12 18:55:08 -08:00
Kconfig.debug	mm: add arch-independent testcases for RODATA	2017-02-27 18:43:48 -08:00
khugepaged.c	sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/coredump.h>	2017-03-02 08:42:28 +01:00
kmemcheck.c
kmemleak-test.c
kmemleak.c	mm: fix section name for .data..ro_after_init	2017-03-31 17:13:30 -07:00
ksm.c	sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/coredump.h>	2017-03-02 08:42:28 +01:00
list_lru.c
maccess.c
madvise.c	userfaultfd: non-cooperative: userfaultfd_remove revalidate vma in MADV_DONTNEED	2017-03-09 17:01:10 -08:00
Makefile	mm: add arch-independent testcases for RODATA	2017-02-27 18:43:48 -08:00
memblock.c	mm/memblock.c: fix memblock_next_valid_pfn()	2017-03-09 17:01:10 -08:00
memcontrol.c	mm: do not call mem_cgroup_free() from within mem_cgroup_alloc()	2017-03-09 17:01:10 -08:00
memory-failure.c	sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/task.h>	2017-03-02 08:42:35 +01:00
memory.c	mm: introduce __p4d_alloc()	2017-03-09 11:48:48 -08:00
memory_hotplug.c	mm: add private lock to serialize memory hotplug operations	2017-03-16 16:56:18 -07:00
mempolicy.c	mm/mempolicy.c: fix error handling in set_mempolicy and mbind.	2017-04-08 10:57:55 -07:00
mempool.c
memtest.c
migrate.c	mm: migrate: fix remove_migration_pte() for ksm pages	2017-03-31 17:13:30 -07:00
mincore.c	mm: remove shmem_mapping() shmem_zero_setup() duplicates	2017-02-24 17:46:56 -08:00
mlock.c	Merge branch 'prep-for-5level'	2017-03-10 08:59:07 -08:00
mm_init.c
mmap.c	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs	2017-03-02 15:20:00 -08:00
mmu_context.c	sched/headers: Prepare to move the task_lock()/unlock() APIs to <linux/sched/task.h>	2017-03-02 08:42:38 +01:00
mmu_notifier.c	sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/mm.h>	2017-03-02 08:42:28 +01:00
mmzone.c	mm/mmzone.c: swap likely to unlikely as code logic is different for next_zones_zonelist()	2017-02-22 16:41:29 -08:00
mprotect.c	mm: convert generic code to 5-level paging	2017-03-09 11:48:47 -08:00
mremap.c	mm: convert generic code to 5-level paging	2017-03-09 11:48:47 -08:00
msync.c
nobootmem.c
nommu.c	Merge branch 'WIP.sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip	2017-03-03 10:16:38 -08:00
oom_kill.c	sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/task.h>	2017-03-02 08:42:35 +01:00
page-writeback.c	mm: retry writepages() on ENOMEM when doing an data integrity writeback	2017-04-28 09:51:54 -04:00
page_alloc.c	mm: move pcp and lru-pcp draining into single wq	2017-04-08 00:47:49 -07:00
page_counter.c
page_ext.c
page_idle.c	mm: fix handling PTE-mapped THPs in page_idle_clear_pte_refs()	2017-02-24 17:46:55 -08:00
page_io.c
page_isolation.c	mm, page_alloc: avoid page_to_pfn() when merging buddies	2017-02-22 16:41:27 -08:00
page_owner.c
page_poison.c
page_vma_mapped.c	mm: fix page_vma_mapped_walk() for ksm pages	2017-04-08 00:47:48 -07:00
pagewalk.c	mm: convert generic code to 5-level paging	2017-03-09 11:48:47 -08:00
percpu-km.c
percpu-vm.c	percpu: remove unused chunk_alloc parameter from pcpu_get_pages()	2017-03-06 15:56:55 -05:00
percpu.c	percpu: acquire pcpu_lock when updating pcpu_nr_empty_pop_pages	2017-03-06 15:55:39 -05:00
pgtable-generic.c	mm: convert generic code to 5-level paging	2017-03-09 11:48:47 -08:00
process_vm_access.c	sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/mm.h>	2017-03-02 08:42:28 +01:00
quicklist.c
readahead.c	mm: don't cap request size based on read-ahead setting	2016-12-12 18:55:08 -08:00
rmap.c	mm: rmap: fix huge file mmap accounting in the memcg stats	2017-03-31 17:13:30 -07:00
rodata_test.c	mm: add arch-independent testcases for RODATA	2017-02-27 18:43:48 -08:00
shmem.c	Merge branch 'rebased-statx' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs	2017-03-03 11:38:56 -08:00
slab.c	sched/headers: Prepare to move kstack_end() from <linux/sched.h> to <linux/sched/task_stack.h>	2017-03-02 08:42:39 +01:00
slab.h	slab: remove synchronous synchronize_sched() from memcg cache deactivation path	2017-02-22 16:41:27 -08:00
slab_common.c	kasan: drain quarantine of memcg slab objects	2017-02-24 17:46:56 -08:00
slob.c	slab: introduce __kmemcg_cache_deactivate()	2017-02-22 16:41:27 -08:00
slub.c	slub: make sysfs directories for memcg sub-caches optional	2017-02-22 16:41:27 -08:00
sparse-vmemmap.c	mm: convert generic code to 5-level paging	2017-03-09 11:48:47 -08:00
sparse.c	mm/memory_hotplug: set magic number to page->freelist instead of page->lru.next	2017-02-22 16:41:29 -08:00
swap.c	mm: move pcp and lru-pcp draining into single wq	2017-04-08 00:47:49 -07:00
swap_cgroup.c	mm, swap_cgroup: reschedule when neeed in swap_cgroup_swapoff()	2017-04-08 00:47:49 -07:00
swap_slots.c	mm, swap: Remove WARN_ON_ONCE() in free_swap_slot()	2017-03-21 14:13:19 -07:00
swap_state.c	mm/swap: skip readahead only when swap slot cache is enabled	2017-02-22 16:41:30 -08:00
swapfile.c	mm: convert generic code to 5-level paging	2017-03-09 11:48:47 -08:00
truncate.c	fs: add i_blocksize()	2017-02-27 18:43:46 -08:00
usercopy.c	sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/task.h>	2017-03-02 08:42:35 +01:00
userfaultfd.c	mm: convert generic code to 5-level paging	2017-03-09 11:48:47 -08:00
util.c	sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/task_stack.h>	2017-03-02 08:42:36 +01:00
vmacache.c	sched/headers: Prepare to move 'init_task' and 'init_thread_union' from <linux/sched.h> to <linux/sched/task.h>	2017-03-02 08:42:38 +01:00
vmalloc.c	mm: don't warn when vmalloc() fails due to a fatal signal	2017-03-16 16:56:18 -07:00
vmpressure.c	mm: vmpressure: fix sending wrong events on underflow	2017-02-24 17:46:56 -08:00
vmscan.c	sched/headers: Prepare to move the memalloc_noio_*() APIs to <linux/sched/mm.h>	2017-03-02 08:42:33 +01:00
vmstat.c	mm: move pcp and lru-pcp draining into single wq	2017-04-08 00:47:49 -07:00
workingset.c	mm: workingset: fix premature shadow node shrinking with cgroups	2017-03-31 17:13:30 -07:00
z3fold.c	z3fold: fix spinlock unlocking in page reclaim	2017-03-16 16:56:18 -07:00
zbud.c
zpool.c
zsmalloc.c	sched/headers: Prepare to remove the <linux/magic.h> include from <linux/sched/task_stack.h>	2017-03-02 08:42:40 +01:00
zswap.c	zswap: don't param_set_charp while holding spinlock	2017-02-27 18:43:45 -08:00