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mm, mempool: only set __GFP_NOMEMALLOC if there are free elements
authorDavid Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Thu, 17 Mar 2016 21:19:19 +0000 (14:19 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Thu, 17 Mar 2016 22:09:34 +0000 (15:09 -0700)
commit12e62ef86b489848625b99fce8bfdb3707d53417
tree2eaaa8b6363efd5a0da09764da38820aea4fcffe
parenta26249687a83e20c58387e3e1512d8c6a8eef310
mm, mempool: only set __GFP_NOMEMALLOC if there are free elements

If an oom killed thread calls mempool_alloc(), it is possible that it'll
loop forever if there are no elements on the freelist since
__GFP_NOMEMALLOC prevents it from accessing needed memory reserves in
oom conditions.

Only set __GFP_NOMEMALLOC if there are elements on the freelist.  If
there are no free elements, allow allocations without the bit set so
that memory reserves can be accessed if needed.

Additionally, using mempool_alloc() with __GFP_NOMEMALLOC is not
supported since the implementation can loop forever without accessing
memory reserves when needed.

Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: Greg Thelen <gthelen@google.com>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>
Cc: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@i-love.sakura.ne.jp>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
mm/mempool.c