Re: [PATCH v2] mm: vmalloc: correct use of __GFP_NOWARN mask in __vmalloc_area_node()

[Uladzislau Rezki]

On Mon, Dec 19, 2022 at 12:36:59PM +0000, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> This function sets __GFP_NOWARN in the gfp_mask rendering the warn_alloc()
> invocations no-ops. Remove this and instead rely on this flag being set
> only for the vm_area_alloc_pages() function, ensuring it is cleared for
> each of the warn_alloc() calls.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  mm/vmalloc.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
> index ca71de7c9d77..10fe83c24436 100644
> --- a/mm/vmalloc.c
> +++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
> @@ -3031,7 +3031,7 @@ static void *__vmalloc_area_node(struct vm_struct *area, gfp_t gfp_mask,
>  	int ret;
> 
>  	array_size = (unsigned long)nr_small_pages * sizeof(struct page *);
> -	gfp_mask |= __GFP_NOWARN;
> +
>  	if (!(gfp_mask & (GFP_DMA | GFP_DMA32)))
>  		gfp_mask |= __GFP_HIGHMEM;
> 
> --
> 2.39.0
Reviewed-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@xxxxxxxxx>

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Uladzislau Rezki