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David Rientjes 5cec38ac86 fs, seq_file: fallback to vmalloc instead of oom kill processes 
Since commit 058504edd0 ("fs/seq_file: fallback to vmalloc allocation"),
seq_buf_alloc() falls back to vmalloc() when the kmalloc() for contiguous
memory fails.  This was done to address order-4 slab allocations for
reading /proc/stat on large machines and noticed because
PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER < 4, so there is no infinite loop in the page
allocator when allocating new slab for such high-order allocations.

Contiguous memory isn't necessary for caller of seq_buf_alloc(), however.
Other GFP_KERNEL high-order allocations that are <=
PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER will simply loop forever in the page allocator and
oom kill processes as a result.

We don't want to kill processes so that we can allocate contiguous memory
in situations when contiguous memory isn't necessary.

This patch does the kmalloc() allocation with __GFP_NORETRY for high-order
allocations.  This still utilizes memory compaction and direct reclaim in
the allocation path, the only difference is that it will fail immediately
instead of oom kill processes when out of memory.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: add comment]
Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2014-12-13 12:42:49 -08:00
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9p assorted conversions to %p[dD] 2014-11-19 13:01:20 -05:00
adfs adfs: add __printf verification, fix format/argument mismatches 2014-08-08 15:57:24 -07:00
affs assorted conversions to %p[dD] 2014-11-19 13:01:20 -05:00
afs Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2014-12-11 14:27:06 -08:00
autofs4 assorted conversions to %p[dD] 2014-11-19 13:01:20 -05:00
befs assorted conversions to %p[dD] 2014-11-19 13:01:20 -05:00
bfs fs/bfs: use bfs prefix for dump_imap 2014-08-08 15:57:24 -07:00
btrfs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mason/linux-btrfs 2014-12-12 11:15:23 -08:00
cachefiles assorted conversions to %p[dD] 2014-11-19 13:01:20 -05:00
ceph Merge branch 'iov_iter' into for-next 2014-12-08 20:39:29 -05:00
cifs Merge branch 'akpm' (patchbomb from Andrew) 2014-12-10 18:34:42 -08:00
coda move d_rcu from overlapping d_child to overlapping d_alias 2014-11-03 15:20:29 -05:00
configfs assorted conversions to %p[dD] 2014-11-19 13:01:20 -05:00
cramfs fs/cramfs/inode.c: use linux/uaccess.h 2014-08-08 15:57:25 -07:00
debugfs Merge tag 'trace-seq-file-cleanup' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace into for-next 2014-11-19 13:02:53 -05:00
devpts
dlm Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2014-12-10 16:10:49 -08:00
ecryptfs kill f_dentry uses 2014-11-19 13:01:25 -05:00
efivarfs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2014-12-10 16:10:49 -08:00
efs fs/efs/namei.c: return is not a function 2014-08-08 15:57:18 -07:00
exofs Boaz Harrosh - Fix broken email address 2014-10-19 20:22:32 +03:00
exportfs move d_rcu from overlapping d_child to overlapping d_alias 2014-11-03 15:20:29 -05:00
ext2 ext2: Convert to private i_dquot field 2014-11-10 10:06:10 +01:00
ext3 ext3: Convert to private i_dquot field 2014-11-10 10:06:10 +01:00
ext4 Lots of bugs fixes, including Zheng and Jan's extent status shrinker 2014-12-12 09:28:03 -08:00
f2fs f2fs: avoid to ra unneeded blocks in recover flow 2014-12-08 14:19:09 -08:00
fat Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2014-12-10 16:10:49 -08:00
freevxfs
fscache fs/fscache/object-list.c: use __seq_open_private() 2014-10-13 17:52:21 +01:00
fuse assorted conversions to %p[dD] 2014-11-19 13:01:20 -05:00
gfs2 Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2014-12-10 16:10:49 -08:00
hfs fs/hfs/catalog.c: fix comparison bug in hfs_cat_keycmp 2014-12-10 17:41:16 -08:00
hfsplus
hostfs hostfs: support rename flags 2014-08-07 14:40:09 -04:00
hpfs fs/hpfs/dnode.c: fix suspect code indent 2014-08-08 15:57:22 -07:00
hppfs vfs: make first argument of dir_context.actor typed 2014-10-31 17:48:54 -04:00
hugetlbfs mm: convert i_mmap_mutex to rwsem 2014-12-13 12:42:45 -08:00
isofs isofs: avoid unused function warning 2014-11-19 13:09:37 -05:00
jbd jbd: Deletion of an unnecessary check before the function call "iput" 2014-11-18 10:15:29 +01:00
jbd2 Lots of bugs fixes, including Zheng and Jan's extent status shrinker 2014-12-12 09:28:03 -08:00
jffs2 [jffs2] kill wbuf_queued/wbuf_dwork_lock 2014-10-09 02:39:01 -04:00
jfs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2014-12-10 16:10:49 -08:00
kernfs switch d_materialise_unique() users to d_splice_alias() 2014-11-19 13:01:20 -05:00
lockd Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2014-12-10 16:10:49 -08:00
logfs fs/logfs/readwrite.c: kernel-doc warning fixes 2014-08-06 18:01:12 -07:00
minix minix zmap block counts calculation fix 2014-08-08 15:57:20 -07:00
ncpfs Merge branch 'akpm' (patchbomb from Andrew) 2014-12-10 18:34:42 -08:00
nfs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2014-12-10 16:10:49 -08:00
nfs_common lockd: move lockd's grace period handling into its own module 2014-09-17 16:33:11 -04:00
nfsd Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2014-12-11 14:27:06 -08:00
nilfs2 nilfs2: fix the nilfs_iget() vs. nilfs_new_inode() races 2014-12-10 17:41:16 -08:00
nls
notify Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2014-12-10 16:10:49 -08:00
ntfs assorted conversions to %p[dD] 2014-11-19 13:01:20 -05:00
ocfs2 Merge branch 'akpm' (patchbomb from Andrew) 2014-12-10 18:34:42 -08:00
omfs FS/OMFS: block number sanity check during fill_super operation 2014-10-14 02:18:22 +02:00
openpromfs
overlayfs Merge branch 'iov_iter' into for-next 2014-12-08 20:39:29 -05:00
proc Merge branch 'akpm' (patchbomb from Andrew) 2014-12-10 18:34:42 -08:00
pstore pstore-ram: Allow optional mapping with pgprot_noncached 2014-12-11 13:38:31 -08:00
qnx4
qnx6 fs/qnx6: update debugging to current functions 2014-08-08 15:57:26 -07:00
quota vfs: Remove i_dquot field from inode 2014-11-10 10:06:18 +01:00
ramfs fs/ramfs/file-nommu.c: replace count*size kzalloc by kcalloc 2014-08-08 15:57:18 -07:00
reiserfs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2014-12-12 10:08:06 -08:00
romfs fs/romfs/super.c: add blank line after declarations 2014-08-08 15:57:25 -07:00
squashfs fs/squashfs/super.c: logging cleanup 2014-08-06 18:01:13 -07:00
sysfs
sysv
ubifs UBIFS: fix a couple bugs in UBIFS xattr length calculation 2014-11-07 12:32:22 +02:00
udf udf: One function call less in udf_fill_super() after error detection 2014-11-19 21:56:06 +01:00
ufs fs/ufs/balloc.c: remove unused variable 2014-10-14 02:18:20 +02:00
xfs xfs: update for 3.19-rc1 2014-12-12 09:48:17 -08:00
aio.c Merge git://git.kvack.org/~bcrl/aio-fixes 2014-11-25 18:55:44 -08:00
anon_inodes.c
attr.c
bad_inode.c bad_inode: add ->rename2() 2014-08-07 14:40:09 -04:00
binfmt_aout.c assorted conversions to %p[dD] 2014-11-19 13:01:20 -05:00
binfmt_elf_fdpic.c handle suicide on late failure exits in execve() in search_binary_handler() 2014-10-09 02:39:00 -04:00
binfmt_elf.c Merge branch 'upstream' of git://git.linux-mips.org/pub/scm/ralf/upstream-linus 2014-12-11 17:56:37 -08:00
binfmt_em86.c
binfmt_flat.c
binfmt_misc.c fs/binfmt_misc.c: use GFP_KERNEL instead of GFP_USER 2014-12-10 17:41:12 -08:00
binfmt_script.c
binfmt_som.c
block_dev.c fs: add freeze_super/thaw_super fs hooks 2014-11-17 10:35:17 +00:00
buffer.c fs: clarify rate limit suppressed buffer I/O errors 2014-10-21 13:55:11 -06:00
char_dev.c fs/char_dev.c: remove pointless assignment from __register_chrdev_region() 2014-12-10 17:41:04 -08:00
compat_binfmt_elf.c
compat_ioctl.c
compat.c vfs: make first argument of dir_context.actor typed 2014-10-31 17:48:54 -04:00
coredump.c coredump: add %i/%I in core_pattern to report the tid of the crashed thread 2014-10-14 02:18:21 +02:00
dcache.c Merge branch 'iov_iter' into for-next 2014-12-08 20:39:29 -05:00
dcookies.c
direct-io.c fuse: honour max_read and max_write in direct_io mode 2014-09-26 21:16:51 -04:00
drop_caches.c mm: vmscan: invoke slab shrinkers from shrink_zone() 2014-12-13 12:42:48 -08:00
eventfd.c fs: Convert show_fdinfo functions to void 2014-11-05 14:13:23 -05:00
eventpoll.c fs: Convert show_fdinfo functions to void 2014-11-05 14:13:23 -05:00
exec.c fs: Do not include mpx.h in exec.c 2014-11-18 02:01:40 +01:00
fcntl.c security: make security_file_set_fowner, f_setown and __f_setown void return 2014-09-09 16:01:36 -04:00
fhandle.c
file_table.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2014-10-13 11:28:42 +02:00
file.c fs/file.c: replace get_unused_fd() with get_unused_fd_flags(0) 2014-12-10 17:41:10 -08:00
filesystems.c
fs_pin.c make fs/{namespace,super}.c forget about acct.h 2014-08-07 14:40:09 -04:00
fs_struct.c
fs-writeback.c
inode.c mm: convert i_mmap_mutex to rwsem 2014-12-13 12:42:45 -08:00
internal.h vfs: export __inode_permission() to modules 2014-10-24 00:14:35 +02:00
ioctl.c fs: add freeze_super/thaw_super fs hooks 2014-11-17 10:35:17 +00:00
Kconfig overlay filesystem 2014-10-24 00:14:38 +02:00
Kconfig.binfmt binfmt_elf: allow arch code to examine PT_LOPROC ... PT_HIPROC headers 2014-11-24 07:45:02 +01:00
libfs.c move d_rcu from overlapping d_child to overlapping d_alias 2014-11-03 15:20:29 -05:00
locks.c locks: flock_make_lock should return a struct file_lock (or PTR_ERR) 2014-10-07 14:06:13 -04:00
Makefile ovl: rename filesystem type to "overlay" 2014-11-20 16:39:59 +01:00
mbcache.c
mount.h vfs: Add a function to lazily unmount all mounts from any dentry. 2014-10-09 02:38:55 -04:00
mpage.c vfs: guard end of device for mpage interface 2014-10-09 22:25:53 -04:00
namei.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2014-11-02 10:28:43 -08:00
namespace.c vfs: introduce clone_private_mount() 2014-10-24 00:14:36 +02:00
no-block.c
open.c new helper: audit_file() 2014-11-19 13:01:26 -05:00
pipe.c
pnode.c get rid of propagate_umount() mistakenly treating slaves as busy. 2014-08-30 18:31:41 -04:00
pnode.h
posix_acl.c
proc_namespace.c
read_write.c cachefiles_write_page(): switch to __kernel_write() 2014-10-09 02:39:05 -04:00
readdir.c vfs: make first argument of dir_context.actor typed 2014-10-31 17:48:54 -04:00
select.c
seq_file.c fs, seq_file: fallback to vmalloc instead of oom kill processes 2014-12-13 12:42:49 -08:00
signalfd.c fs: Convert show_fdinfo functions to void 2014-11-05 14:13:23 -05:00
splice.c vfs: export do_splice_direct() to modules 2014-10-24 00:14:35 +02:00
stack.c fs: fix comment for 'CONFIG_LBADF' 2014-08-26 09:35:56 +02:00
stat.c
statfs.c
super.c vfs: Remove i_dquot field from inode 2014-11-10 10:06:18 +01:00
sync.c kill f_dentry uses 2014-11-19 13:01:25 -05:00
timerfd.c fs: Convert show_fdinfo functions to void 2014-11-05 14:13:23 -05:00
utimes.c
xattr.c new helper: audit_file() 2014-11-19 13:01:26 -05:00