Re: [PATCH 1/2] ext4: enable scoped NOFS when starting a handle in nojournal mode

Andreas Dilger <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-ext4
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Jul 21, 2026, at 08:01, Theodore Ts'o <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> The jbd2 layer enables NOFS mode using memalloc_nofs_{save,restore}()
> while a handle is active.  We need to do the same in nojournal mode so
> that it is safe to remove GFP_NOFS flags while a jbd2 handle is
> active.
> 
> This will require that we actually allocate a real handle, but with an
> h_invalid flag set, so there is a place to put the saved memalloc
> context.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <[email protected]>

Reviewed-by: Andreas Dilger <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>


Cheers, Andreas
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