[PATCH] fs: quota: Replace GFP_ATOMIC with GFP_KERNEL in dquot_init

From: Jia-Ju Bai
Date: Mon Apr 09 2018 - 10:31:36 EST


dquot_init() is never called in atomic context.
This function is only set as a parameter of fs_initcall().

Despite never getting called from atomic context,
dquot_init() calls __get_free_pages() with GFP_ATOMIC,
which waits busily for allocation.
GFP_ATOMIC is not necessary and can be replaced with GFP_KERNEL,
to avoid busy waiting and improve the possibility of sucessful allocation.

This is found by a static analysis tool named DCNS written by myself.
And I also manually check it.

Signed-off-by: Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/quota/dquot.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/quota/dquot.c b/fs/quota/dquot.c
index 8381db9..d6e111e 100644
--- a/fs/quota/dquot.c
+++ b/fs/quota/dquot.c
@@ -2944,7 +2944,7 @@ static int __init dquot_init(void)
NULL);

order = 0;
- dquot_hash = (struct hlist_head *)__get_free_pages(GFP_ATOMIC, order);
+ dquot_hash = (struct hlist_head *)__get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL, order);
if (!dquot_hash)
panic("Cannot create dquot hash table");

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