The patch titled Subject: mm/page_alloc.c:__alloc_pages_nodemask(): don't alter arg gfp_mask has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is mm-page_allocc-__alloc_pages_nodemask-dont-alter-arg-gfp_mask.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-page_allocc-__alloc_pages_nodemask-dont-alter-arg-gfp_mask.patch echo and later at echo http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-page_allocc-__alloc_pages_nodemask-dont-alter-arg-gfp_mask.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm/page_alloc.c:__alloc_pages_nodemask(): don't alter arg gfp_mask __alloc_pages_nodemask() strips __GFP_IO when retrying the page allocation. But it does this by altering the function-wide variable gfp_mask. This will cause subsequent allocation attempts to inadvertently use the modified gfp_mask. Cc: Ming Lei <ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mel Gorman <mel@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/page_alloc.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN mm/page_alloc.c~mm-page_allocc-__alloc_pages_nodemask-dont-alter-arg-gfp_mask mm/page_alloc.c --- a/mm/page_alloc.c~mm-page_allocc-__alloc_pages_nodemask-dont-alter-arg-gfp_mask +++ a/mm/page_alloc.c @@ -2854,8 +2854,8 @@ retry_cpuset: * can deadlock because I/O on the device might not * complete. */ - gfp_mask = memalloc_noio_flags(gfp_mask); - page = __alloc_pages_slowpath(gfp_mask, order, + gfp_t mask = memalloc_noio_flags(gfp_mask); + page = __alloc_pages_slowpath(mask, order, zonelist, high_zoneidx, nodemask, preferred_zone, classzone_idx, migratetype); } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are i-need-old-gcc.patch arch-alpha-kernel-systblss-remove-debug-check.patch input-route-kbd-leds-through-the-generic-leds-layer.patch o2dlm-fix-null-pointer-dereference-in-o2dlm_blocking_ast_wrapper-checkpatch-fixes.patch ocfs2-free-inode-when-i_count-becomes-zero.patch ocfs2-add-functions-to-add-and-remove-inode-in-orphan-dir-fix.patch mm.patch slab-improve-checking-for-invalid-gfp_flags.patch mm-memcontrol-lockless-page-counters-fix.patch mm-memcontrol-lockless-page-counters-fix-fix.patch kernel-res_counter-remove-the-unused-api-fix.patch mm-compaction-simplify-deferred-compaction-fix.patch mm-memcontrol-remove-unnecessary-pcg_used-pc-mem_cgroup-valid-flag-fix.patch mm-memcontrol-fold-mem_cgroup_start_move-mem_cgroup_end_move-fix.patch mm-page_allocc-__alloc_pages_nodemask-dont-alter-arg-gfp_mask.patch mm-introduce-do_shared_fault-and-drop-do_fault-fix-fix.patch do_shared_fault-check-that-mmap_sem-is-held.patch fs-proc-use-a-rb-tree-for-the-directory-entries-fix.patch fs-binfmt_miscc-use-gfp_kernel-instead-of-gfp_user.patch init-allow-config_init_fallback=n-to-disable-defaults-if-init=-fails-checkpatch-fixes.patch rtc-omap-add-support-for-pmic_power_en-v3-fix.patch sysctl-terminate-strings-also-on-r-fix.patch ipc-semc-chance-memory-barrier-in-sem_lock-to-smp_rmb-fix.patch ipc-semc-chance-memory-barrier-in-sem_lock-to-smp_rmb-fix-fix.patch ipc-msg-increase-msgmni-remove-scaling-checkpatch-fixes.patch linux-next.patch linux-next-rejects.patch drivers-gpio-gpio-zevioc-fix-build.patch mm-cma-make-kmemleak-ignore-cma-regions.patch lib-show_mem-this-patch-adds-cma-reserved-infromation-fix.patch mm-replace-remap_file_pages-syscall-with-emulation.patch debugging-keep-track-of-page-owners.patch debugging-keep-track-of-page-owners-fix.patch journal_add_journal_head-debug.patch journal_add_journal_head-debug-fix.patch kernel-forkc-export-kernel_thread-to-modules.patch mutex-subsystem-synchro-test-module.patch slab-leaks3-default-y.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html