Merge tag 'ext4_for_linus_stable' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4

Pull ext4 bugfixes from Ted Ts'o:
 "Bug fixes (all for stable kernels) for ext4:

   - address corner cases for indirect blocks->extent migration

   - fix reserved block accounting invalidate_page when
     page_size != block_size (i.e., ppc or 1k block size file systems)

   - fix deadlocks when a memcg is under heavy memory pressure

   - fix fencepost error in lazytime optimization"

* tag 'ext4_for_linus_stable' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4:
  ext4: replace open coded nofail allocation in ext4_free_blocks()
  ext4: correctly migrate a file with a hole at the beginning
  ext4: be more strict when migrating to non-extent based file
  ext4: fix reservation release on invalidatepage for delalloc fs
  ext4: avoid deadlocks in the writeback path by using sb_getblk_gfp
  bufferhead: Add _gfp version for sb_getblk()
  ext4: fix fencepost error in lazytime optimization

fs/ext4/mballoc.c

@@ -4816,18 +4816,12 @@ do_more:
 		/*
 		 * blocks being freed are metadata. these blocks shouldn't
 		 * be used until this transaction is committed
+		 *
+		 * We use __GFP_NOFAIL because ext4_free_blocks() is not allowed
+		 * to fail.
 		 */
-	retry:
-		new_entry = kmem_cache_alloc(ext4_free_data_cachep, GFP_NOFS);
-		if (!new_entry) {
-			/*
-			 * We use a retry loop because
-			 * ext4_free_blocks() is not allowed to fail.
-			 */
-			cond_resched();
-			congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/50);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+		new_entry = kmem_cache_alloc(ext4_free_data_cachep,
+				GFP_NOFS|__GFP_NOFAIL);
 		new_entry->efd_start_cluster = bit;
 		new_entry->efd_group = block_group;
 		new_entry->efd_count = count_clusters;