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Diffstat (limited to 'mm/util.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/util.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/mm/util.c b/mm/util.c index c2d0a7cdb1898..3351659200e65 100644 --- a/mm/util.c +++ b/mm/util.c @@ -391,7 +391,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(vm_mmap); * __GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL is supported, and it should be used only if kmalloc is * preferable to the vmalloc fallback, due to visible performance drawbacks. * - * Any use of gfp flags outside of GFP_KERNEL should be consulted with mm people. + * Please note that any use of gfp flags outside of GFP_KERNEL is careful to not + * fall back to vmalloc. */ void *kvmalloc_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node) { @@ -402,7 +403,8 @@ void *kvmalloc_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node) * vmalloc uses GFP_KERNEL for some internal allocations (e.g page tables) * so the given set of flags has to be compatible. */ - WARN_ON_ONCE((flags & GFP_KERNEL) != GFP_KERNEL); + if ((flags & GFP_KERNEL) != GFP_KERNEL) + return kmalloc_node(size, flags, node); /* * We want to attempt a large physically contiguous block first because |