mdesc_kmalloc is currently requiring __GFP_NOFAIL allocation although it seems that the allocation failure is handled by all callers (via mdesc_alloc). __GFP_NOFAIL is a strong liability for the memory allocator and so the users are discouraged to use the flag unless the allocation failure is really a nogo. Drop the flag here as this doesn't seem to be the case.
Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <[email protected]> --- arch/sparc/kernel/mdesc.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/mdesc.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/mdesc.c index 99632a87e697..6801bd778af2 100644 --- a/arch/sparc/kernel/mdesc.c +++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/mdesc.c @@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ static struct mdesc_handle *mdesc_kmalloc(unsigned int mdesc_size) sizeof(struct mdesc_hdr) + mdesc_size); - base = kmalloc(handle_size + 15, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL); + base = kmalloc(handle_size + 15, GFP_KERNEL); if (base) { struct mdesc_handle *hp; unsigned long addr; -- 2.1.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
