The patch titled Subject: selinux: tag avc cache alloc as non-critical has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is selinux-tag-avc-cache-alloc-as-non-critical.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: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx> Subject: selinux: tag avc cache alloc as non-critical Failing to allocate a cache entry will only harm performance not correctness. Do not consume valuable reserve pages for something like that. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx> Acked-by: Eric Paris <eparis@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: James Morris <jmorris@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Eric B Munson <emunson@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx> Cc: Mike Christie <michaelc@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@xxxxxxx> Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <sebastian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Xiaotian Feng <dfeng@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- security/selinux/avc.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN security/selinux/avc.c~selinux-tag-avc-cache-alloc-as-non-critical security/selinux/avc.c --- a/security/selinux/avc.c~selinux-tag-avc-cache-alloc-as-non-critical +++ a/security/selinux/avc.c @@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ static struct avc_node *avc_alloc_node(v { struct avc_node *node; - node = kmem_cache_zalloc(avc_node_cachep, GFP_ATOMIC); + node = kmem_cache_zalloc(avc_node_cachep, GFP_ATOMIC|__GFP_NOMEMALLOC); if (!node) goto out; _ Subject: Subject: selinux: tag avc cache alloc as non-critical Patches currently in -mm which might be from mgorman@xxxxxxx are origin.patch linux-next.patch memcg-prevent-oom-with-too-many-dirty-pages.patch memcg-prevent-oom-with-too-many-dirty-pages-fix.patch mm-do-not-use-page_count-without-a-page-pin.patch mm-clean-up-__count_immobile_pages.patch mm-hotplug-correctly-setup-fallback-zonelists-when-creating-new-pgdat.patch mm-hotplug-correctly-add-new-zone-to-all-other-nodes-zone-lists.patch mm-hotplug-free-zone-pageset-when-a-zone-becomes-empty.patch mm-hotplug-mark-memory-hotplug-code-in-page_allocc-as-__meminit.patch mm-factor-out-memory-isolate-functions.patch mm-bug-fix-free-page-check-in-zone_watermark_ok.patch memory-hotplug-fix-kswapd-looping-forever-problem.patch memory-hotplug-fix-kswapd-looping-forever-problem-fix.patch mm-slb-add-knowledge-of-pfmemalloc-reserve-pages.patch mm-slub-optimise-the-slub-fast-path-to-avoid-pfmemalloc-checks.patch mm-introduce-__gfp_memalloc-to-allow-access-to-emergency-reserves.patch mm-allow-pf_memalloc-from-softirq-context.patch mm-only-set-page-pfmemalloc-when-alloc_no_watermarks-was-used.patch mm-ignore-mempolicies-when-using-alloc_no_watermark.patch net-introduce-sk_gfp_atomic-to-allow-addition-of-gfp-flags-depending-on-the-individual-socket.patch netvm-allow-the-use-of-__gfp_memalloc-by-specific-sockets.patch netvm-allow-skb-allocation-to-use-pfmemalloc-reserves.patch netvm-propagate-page-pfmemalloc-to-skb.patch netvm-propagate-page-pfmemalloc-from-skb_alloc_page-to-skb.patch netvm-set-pf_memalloc-as-appropriate-during-skb-processing.patch mm-micro-optimise-slab-to-avoid-a-function-call.patch nbd-set-sock_memalloc-for-access-to-pfmemalloc-reserves.patch mm-throttle-direct-reclaimers-if-pf_memalloc-reserves-are-low-and-swap-is-backed-by-network-storage.patch mm-account-for-the-number-of-times-direct-reclaimers-get-throttled.patch netvm-prevent-a-stream-specific-deadlock.patch selinux-tag-avc-cache-alloc-as-non-critical.patch mm-methods-for-teaching-filesystems-about-pg_swapcache-pages.patch mm-add-support-for-a-filesystem-to-activate-swap-files-and-use-direct_io-for-writing-swap-pages.patch mm-swap-implement-generic-handler-for-swap_activate.patch mm-add-get_kernel_page-for-pinning-of-kernel-addresses-for-i-o.patch mm-add-support-for-direct_io-to-highmem-pages.patch nfs-teach-the-nfs-client-how-to-treat-pg_swapcache-pages.patch nfs-disable-data-cache-revalidation-for-swapfiles.patch nfs-enable-swap-on-nfs.patch nfs-prevent-page-allocator-recursions-with-swap-over-nfs.patch swapfile-avoid-dereferencing-bd_disk-during-swap_entry_free-for-network-storage.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