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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/mm/mempool.c b/mm/mempool.c
index 8f65464da5de..47a659dedd44 100644
--- a/mm/mempool.c
+++ b/mm/mempool.c
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(mempool_resize);
* returns NULL. Note that due to preallocation, this function
* *never* fails when called from process contexts. (it might
* fail if called from an IRQ context.)
- * Note: neither __GFP_NOMEMALLOC nor __GFP_ZERO are supported.
+ * Note: using __GFP_ZERO is not supported.
*/
void *mempool_alloc(mempool_t *pool, gfp_t gfp_mask)
{
@@ -315,27 +315,16 @@ void *mempool_alloc(mempool_t *pool, gfp_t gfp_mask)
wait_queue_t wait;
gfp_t gfp_temp;
- /* If oom killed, memory reserves are essential to prevent livelock */
- VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(gfp_mask & __GFP_NOMEMALLOC);
- /* No element size to zero on allocation */
VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(gfp_mask & __GFP_ZERO);
-
might_sleep_if(gfp_mask & __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM);
+ gfp_mask |= __GFP_NOMEMALLOC; /* don't allocate emergency reserves */
gfp_mask |= __GFP_NORETRY; /* don't loop in __alloc_pages */
gfp_mask |= __GFP_NOWARN; /* failures are OK */
gfp_temp = gfp_mask & ~(__GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM|__GFP_IO);
repeat_alloc:
- if (likely(pool->curr_nr)) {
- /*
- * Don't allocate from emergency reserves if there are
- * elements available. This check is racy, but it will
- * be rechecked each loop.
- */
- gfp_temp |= __GFP_NOMEMALLOC;
- }
element = pool->alloc(gfp_temp, pool->pool_data);
if (likely(element != NULL))
@@ -359,12 +348,11 @@ repeat_alloc:
* We use gfp mask w/o direct reclaim or IO for the first round. If
* alloc failed with that and @pool was empty, retry immediately.
*/
- if ((gfp_temp & ~__GFP_NOMEMALLOC) != gfp_mask) {
+ if (gfp_temp != gfp_mask) {
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pool->lock, flags);
gfp_temp = gfp_mask;
goto repeat_alloc;
}
- gfp_temp = gfp_mask;
/* We must not sleep if !__GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM */
if (!(gfp_mask & __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM)) {