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Diffstat (limited to 'mm/util.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/util.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/mm/util.c b/mm/util.c index 45fc3169e7b0..3351659200e6 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 @@ -621,7 +623,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vm_memory_committed); * succeed and -ENOMEM implies there is not. * * We currently support three overcommit policies, which are set via the - * vm.overcommit_memory sysctl. See Documentation/vm/overcommit-accounting + * vm.overcommit_memory sysctl. See Documentation/vm/overcommit-accounting.rst * * Strict overcommit modes added 2002 Feb 26 by Alan Cox. * Additional code 2002 Jul 20 by Robert Love. |