On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 4:03 PM, David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > rpc_malloc() allocates with GFP_NOWAIT without making any attempt at > reclaim so it easily fails when low on memory. This ends up spamming the > kernel log: > > SLAB: Unable to allocate memory on node 0 (gfp=0x4000) > cache: kmalloc-8192, object size: 8192, order: 1 > node 0: slabs: 207/207, objs: 207/207, free: 0 > rekonq: page allocation failure: order:1, mode:0x204000 > CPU: 2 PID: 14321 Comm: rekonq Tainted: G O 3.15.0-rc3-12.gfc9498b-desktop+ #6 > Hardware name: System manufacturer System Product Name/M4A785TD-V EVO, BIOS 2105 07/23/2010 > 0000000000000000 ffff880010ff17d0 ffffffff815e693c 0000000000204000 > ffff880010ff1858 ffffffff81137bd2 0000000000000000 0000001000000000 > ffff88011ffebc38 0000000000000001 0000000000204000 ffff88011ffea000 > Call Trace: > [<ffffffff815e693c>] dump_stack+0x4d/0x6f > [<ffffffff81137bd2>] warn_alloc_failed+0xd2/0x140 > [<ffffffff8113be19>] __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x7e9/0xa30 > [<ffffffff811824a8>] kmem_getpages+0x58/0x140 > [<ffffffff81183de6>] fallback_alloc+0x1d6/0x210 > [<ffffffff81183be3>] ____cache_alloc_node+0x123/0x150 > [<ffffffff81185953>] __kmalloc+0x203/0x490 > [<ffffffffa06b0ee2>] rpc_malloc+0x32/0xa0 [sunrpc] > [<ffffffffa06a6999>] call_allocate+0xb9/0x170 [sunrpc] > [<ffffffffa06b19d8>] __rpc_execute+0x88/0x460 [sunrpc] > [<ffffffffa06b2da9>] rpc_execute+0x59/0xc0 [sunrpc] > [<ffffffffa06a932b>] rpc_run_task+0x6b/0x90 [sunrpc] > [<ffffffffa077b5c1>] nfs4_call_sync_sequence+0x51/0x80 [nfsv4] > [<ffffffffa077d45d>] _nfs4_do_setattr+0x1ed/0x280 [nfsv4] > [<ffffffffa0782a72>] nfs4_do_setattr+0x72/0x180 [nfsv4] > [<ffffffffa078334c>] nfs4_proc_setattr+0xbc/0x140 [nfsv4] > [<ffffffffa074a7e8>] nfs_setattr+0xd8/0x240 [nfs] > [<ffffffff811baa71>] notify_change+0x231/0x380 > [<ffffffff8119cf5c>] chmod_common+0xfc/0x120 > [<ffffffff8119df80>] SyS_chmod+0x40/0x90 > [<ffffffff815f4cfd>] system_call_fastpath+0x1a/0x1f > ... > > If the allocation fails, simply return NULL and avoid spamming the kernel > log. > > Reported-by: Marc Dietrich <marvin24@xxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > net/sunrpc/sched.c | 5 +++-- > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/net/sunrpc/sched.c b/net/sunrpc/sched.c > --- a/net/sunrpc/sched.c > +++ b/net/sunrpc/sched.c > @@ -832,7 +832,8 @@ static void rpc_async_schedule(struct work_struct *work) > * @size: requested byte size > * > * To prevent rpciod from hanging, this allocator never sleeps, > - * returning NULL if the request cannot be serviced immediately. > + * returning NULL and suppressing warning if the request cannot be serviced > + * immediately. > * The caller can arrange to sleep in a way that is safe for rpciod. > * > * Most requests are 'small' (under 2KiB) and can be serviced from a > @@ -845,7 +846,7 @@ static void rpc_async_schedule(struct work_struct *work) > void *rpc_malloc(struct rpc_task *task, size_t size) > { > struct rpc_buffer *buf; > - gfp_t gfp = GFP_NOWAIT; > + gfp_t gfp = GFP_NOWAIT | __GFP_NOWARN; > > if (RPC_IS_SWAPPER(task)) > gfp |= __GFP_MEMALLOC; Thanks! Applied. -- Trond Myklebust Linux NFS client maintainer, PrimaryData trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html