The patch titled
Subject: drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c: determine page allocation flag can_sleep outside loop
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drivers-misc-vmw_balloonc-determine-page-allocation-flag-can_sleep-outside-loop.patch
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From: Rakib Mullick <rakib.mullick@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c: determine page allocation flag can_sleep outside loop
In vmballoon_reserve_page(), flags has been passed from the callee
function (vmballoon_inflate here). So, we can determine can_sleep outside
the loop.
Signed-off-by: Rakib Mullick <rakib.mullick@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c~drivers-misc-vmw_balloonc-determine-page-allocation-flag-can_sleep-outside-loop drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c
--- a/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c~drivers-misc-vmw_balloonc-determine-page-allocation-flag-can_sleep-outside-loop
+++ a/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c
@@ -412,6 +412,7 @@ static int vmballoon_reserve_page(struct
gfp_t flags;
unsigned int hv_status;
bool locked = false;
+ flags = can_sleep ? VMW_PAGE_ALLOC_CANSLEEP : VMW_PAGE_ALLOC_NOSLEEP;
do {
if (!can_sleep)
@@ -419,7 +420,6 @@ static int vmballoon_reserve_page(struct
else
STATS_INC(b->stats.sleep_alloc);
- flags = can_sleep ? VMW_PAGE_ALLOC_CANSLEEP : VMW_PAGE_ALLOC_NOSLEEP;
page = alloc_page(flags);
if (!page) {
if (!can_sleep)
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Subject: Subject: drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c: determine page allocation flag can_sleep outside loop
Patches currently in -mm which might be from rakib.mullick@xxxxxxxxx are
drivers-misc-vmw_balloonc-determine-page-allocation-flag-can_sleep-outside-loop.patch
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