return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
        if (count == 0)
                return NULL;
-       acl = posix_acl_alloc(count, GFP_KERNEL);
+       acl = posix_acl_alloc(count, GFP_NOFS);
        if (!acl)
                return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
        for (n=0; n < count; n++) {
 
        *size = ext4_acl_size(acl->a_count);
        ext_acl = kmalloc(sizeof(ext4_acl_header) + acl->a_count *
-                       sizeof(ext4_acl_entry), GFP_KERNEL);
+                       sizeof(ext4_acl_entry), GFP_NOFS);
        if (!ext_acl)
                return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
        ext_acl->a_version = cpu_to_le32(EXT4_ACL_VERSION);
        }
        retval = ext4_xattr_get(inode, name_index, "", NULL, 0);
        if (retval > 0) {
-               value = kmalloc(retval, GFP_KERNEL);
+               value = kmalloc(retval, GFP_NOFS);
                if (!value)
                        return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
                retval = ext4_xattr_get(inode, name_index, "", value, retval);
                        if (error)
                                goto cleanup;
                }
-               clone = posix_acl_clone(acl, GFP_KERNEL);
+               clone = posix_acl_clone(acl, GFP_NOFS);
                error = -ENOMEM;
                if (!clone)
                        goto cleanup;
 
         * We start scanning from right side, freeing all the blocks
         * after i_size and walking into the tree depth-wise.
         */
-       path = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ext4_ext_path) * (depth + 1), GFP_KERNEL);
+       path = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ext4_ext_path) * (depth + 1), GFP_NOFS);
        if (path == NULL) {
                ext4_journal_stop(handle);
                return -ENOMEM;
 
                goto exit_dindj;
 
        n_group_desc = kmalloc((gdb_num + 1) * sizeof(struct buffer_head *),
-                       GFP_KERNEL);
+                       GFP_NOFS);
        if (!n_group_desc) {
                err = -ENOMEM;
                ext4_warning(sb, __func__,
        int res, i;
        int err;
 
-       primary = kmalloc(reserved_gdb * sizeof(*primary), GFP_KERNEL);
+       primary = kmalloc(reserved_gdb * sizeof(*primary), GFP_NOFS);
        if (!primary)
                return -ENOMEM;
 
 
                                ce = NULL;
                        }
                        ea_bdebug(bs->bh, "cloning");
-                       s->base = kmalloc(bs->bh->b_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+                       s->base = kmalloc(bs->bh->b_size, GFP_NOFS);
                        error = -ENOMEM;
                        if (s->base == NULL)
                                goto cleanup;
                }
        } else {
                /* Allocate a buffer where we construct the new block. */
-               s->base = kzalloc(sb->s_blocksize, GFP_KERNEL);
+               s->base = kzalloc(sb->s_blocksize, GFP_NOFS);
                /* assert(header == s->base) */
                error = -ENOMEM;
                if (s->base == NULL)