slab would still spew a warning when a big allocation happens with the __GFP_NOWARN fleg is set. Prevent that to conform to __GFP_NOWARN. Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@xxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/slab_common.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c index ff3218a..2d41450 100644 --- a/mm/slab_common.c +++ b/mm/slab_common.c @@ -373,8 +373,10 @@ struct kmem_cache *kmalloc_slab(size_t size, gfp_t flags) { int index; - if (WARN_ON_ONCE(size > KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE)) + if (size > KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE) { + WARN_ON_ONCE(!(flags & __GFP_NOWARN)); return NULL; + } if (size <= 192) { if (!size) -- 1.8.2.1 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>