[PATCH] x86_64: Don't invoke OOM killer during dma_alloc_coherent()
There is a fallback logic, so it's better to not use the OOM killer
in the allocations.
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/pci-dma.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/pci-dma.c
index 4ed391e..03c9eee 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/pci-dma.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/pci-dma.c
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@
if (dma_mask == 0)
dma_mask = 0xffffffff;
+ /* Don't invoke OOM killer */
+ gfp |= __GFP_NORETRY;
+
/* Kludge to make it bug-to-bug compatible with i386. i386
uses the normal dma_mask for alloc_coherent. */
dma_mask &= *dev->dma_mask;