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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
index b428c295d13f..5778d1347b35 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
@@ -288,10 +288,13 @@ struct fanotify_event *fanotify_alloc_event(struct fsnotify_group *group,
/*
* For queues with unlimited length lost events are not expected and
* can possibly have security implications. Avoid losing events when
- * memory is short.
+ * memory is short. For the limited size queues, avoid OOM killer in the
+ * target monitoring memcg as it may have security repercussion.
*/
if (group->max_events == UINT_MAX)
gfp |= __GFP_NOFAIL;
+ else
+ gfp |= __GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL;
/* Whoever is interested in the event, pays for the allocation. */
memalloc_use_memcg(group->memcg);