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| -rw-r--r-- | fs/seq_file.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/fs/seq_file.c b/fs/seq_file.c index 00bbe2bfc634..e85664b7c7d9 100644 --- a/fs/seq_file.c +++ b/fs/seq_file.c @@ -26,12 +26,17 @@ static void seq_set_overflow(struct seq_file *m) static void *seq_buf_alloc(unsigned long size) { void *buf; + gfp_t gfp = GFP_KERNEL; /* - * __GFP_NORETRY to avoid oom-killings with high-order allocations - - * it's better to fall back to vmalloc() than to kill things. + * For high order allocations, use __GFP_NORETRY to avoid oom-killing - + * it's better to fall back to vmalloc() than to kill things. For small + * allocations, just use GFP_KERNEL which will oom kill, thus no need + * for vmalloc fallback. */ - buf = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_NOWARN); + if (size > PAGE_SIZE) + gfp |= __GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_NOWARN; + buf = kmalloc(size, gfp); if (!buf && size > PAGE_SIZE) buf = vmalloc(size); return buf; |