tipc: allocate user memory with GFP_KERNEL flag
Until now, we allocate memory always with GFP_ATOMIC flag.
When the system is under memory pressure and a user tries to send,
the send fails due to low memory. However, the user application
can wait for free memory if we allocate it using GFP_KERNEL flag.
In this commit, we use allocate memory with GFP_KERNEL for all user
allocation.
Reported-by: Rune Torgersen <runet@innovsys.com>
Acked-by: Jon Maloy <jon.maloy@ericsson.com>
Signed-off-by: Parthasarathy Bhuvaragan <parthasarathy.bhuvaragan@ericsson.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/net/tipc/discover.c b/net/tipc/discover.c
index 6b109a8..02462d6 100644
--- a/net/tipc/discover.c
+++ b/net/tipc/discover.c
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
/* Send response, if necessary */
if (respond && (mtyp == DSC_REQ_MSG)) {
- rskb = tipc_buf_acquire(MAX_H_SIZE);
+ rskb = tipc_buf_acquire(MAX_H_SIZE, GFP_ATOMIC);
if (!rskb)
return;
tipc_disc_init_msg(net, rskb, DSC_RESP_MSG, bearer);
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@
req = kmalloc(sizeof(*req), GFP_ATOMIC);
if (!req)
return -ENOMEM;
- req->buf = tipc_buf_acquire(MAX_H_SIZE);
+ req->buf = tipc_buf_acquire(MAX_H_SIZE, GFP_ATOMIC);
if (!req->buf) {
kfree(req);
return -ENOMEM;