Re: [PATCH 1/2] xfs: add a separate bio_set for spliting GC writes

On Tue, Jul 28, 2026 at 10:06:44AM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Allocating the new bio for a split from the same pool as the original
> one can deadlock under memory pressure.  Add a separate pool for
> splitting GC write bios to avoid this.
> 
> Fixes: 080d01c41d44 ("xfs: implement zoned garbage collection")
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]>

Seems fine to me...
Reviewed-by: "Darrick J. Wong" <[email protected]>

--D

> ---
>  fs/xfs/xfs_zone_gc.c | 12 +++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_zone_gc.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_zone_gc.c
> index f76a09130852..e4f70e024632 100644
> --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_zone_gc.c
> +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_zone_gc.c
> @@ -130,6 +130,9 @@ struct xfs_zone_gc_data {
>  	/* bioset used to allocate the gc_bios */
>  	struct bio_set			bio_set;
>  
> +	/* bioset used when writes need to be split to hardware limits */
> +	struct bio_set			split_bio_set;
> +
>  	/*
>  	 * Scratchpad to buffer GC data, organized as a ring buffer over
>  	 * discontiguous folios.  scratch_head is where the buffer is filled,
> @@ -221,6 +224,9 @@ xfs_zone_gc_data_alloc(
>  	if (bioset_init(&data->bio_set, 16, offsetof(struct xfs_gc_bio, bio),
>  			BIOSET_NEED_BVECS))
>  		goto out_free_recs;
> +	if (bioset_init(&data->split_bio_set, 16,
> +			offsetof(struct xfs_gc_bio, bio), 0))
> +		goto out_exit_bio_set;
>  	for (i = 0; i < XFS_GC_NR_BUFS; i++) {
>  		data->scratch_folios[i] =
>  			folio_alloc(GFP_KERNEL, get_order(XFS_GC_BUF_SIZE));
> @@ -238,6 +244,8 @@ xfs_zone_gc_data_alloc(
>  out_free_scratch:
>  	while (--i >= 0)
>  		folio_put(data->scratch_folios[i]);
> +	bioset_exit(&data->split_bio_set);
> +out_exit_bio_set:
>  	bioset_exit(&data->bio_set);
>  out_free_recs:
>  	kfree(data->iter.recs);
> @@ -254,6 +262,7 @@ xfs_zone_gc_data_free(
>  
>  	for (i = 0; i < XFS_GC_NR_BUFS; i++)
>  		folio_put(data->scratch_folios[i]);
> +	bioset_exit(&data->split_bio_set);
>  	bioset_exit(&data->bio_set);
>  	kfree(data->iter.recs);
>  	kfree(data);
> @@ -810,7 +819,8 @@ xfs_zone_gc_split_write(
>  			data->mp->m_sb.sb_blocksize) >> SECTOR_SHIFT;
>  	split_len = split_sectors << SECTOR_SHIFT;
>  
> -	split = bio_split(&chunk->bio, split_sectors, GFP_NOFS, &data->bio_set);
> +	split = bio_split(&chunk->bio, split_sectors, GFP_NOFS,
> +			&data->split_bio_set);
>  	split_chunk = container_of(split, struct xfs_gc_bio, bio);
>  	split_chunk->data = data;
>  	ihold(VFS_I(chunk->ip));
> -- 
> 2.53.0
> 
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