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| -rw-r--r-- | mm/page_alloc.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c index 076463cb21ba..61290ea721c8 100644 --- a/mm/page_alloc.c +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c @@ -1128,6 +1128,19 @@ again: list_del(&page->lru); pcp->count--; } else { + if (unlikely(gfp_flags & __GFP_NOFAIL)) { + /* + * __GFP_NOFAIL is not to be used in new code. + * + * All __GFP_NOFAIL callers should be fixed so that they + * properly detect and handle allocation failures. + * + * We most definitely don't want callers attempting to + * allocate greater than single-page units with + * __GFP_NOFAIL. + */ + WARN_ON_ONCE(order > 0); + } spin_lock_irqsave(&zone->lock, flags); page = __rmqueue(zone, order, migratetype); __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_FREE_PAGES, -(1 << order)); |