The patch titled
Subject: fs/binfmt_misc.c: use GFP_KERNEL instead of GFP_USER
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
fs-binfmt_miscc-use-gfp_kernel-instead-of-gfp_user.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/fs-binfmt_miscc-use-gfp_kernel-instead-of-gfp_user.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/fs-binfmt_miscc-use-gfp_kernel-instead-of-gfp_user.patch
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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: fs/binfmt_misc.c: use GFP_KERNEL instead of GFP_USER
GFP_USER means "honour cpuset nodes-allowed beancounting". These are
regular old kernel objects and there seems no reason to give them this
treatment.
Cc: Mike Frysinger <vapier@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/binfmt_misc.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff -puN fs/binfmt_misc.c~fs-binfmt_miscc-use-gfp_kernel-instead-of-gfp_user fs/binfmt_misc.c
--- a/fs/binfmt_misc.c~fs-binfmt_miscc-use-gfp_kernel-instead-of-gfp_user
+++ a/fs/binfmt_misc.c
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ static Node *create_entry(const char __u
err = -ENOMEM;
memsize = sizeof(Node) + count + 8;
- e = kmalloc(memsize, GFP_USER);
+ e = kmalloc(memsize, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!e)
goto out;
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ static Node *create_entry(const char __u
if (e->mask) {
int i;
- char *masked = kmalloc(e->size, GFP_USER);
+ char *masked = kmalloc(e->size, GFP_KERNEL);
print_hex_dump_bytes(
KBUILD_MODNAME ": register: mask[decoded]: ",
_
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