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tipc: allocate user memory with GFP_KERNEL flag
authorParthasarathy Bhuvaragan <parthasarathy.bhuvaragan@ericsson.com>
Fri, 13 Jan 2017 14:46:25 +0000 (15:46 +0100)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Mon, 16 Jan 2017 18:31:53 +0000 (13:31 -0500)
commit57d5f64d83ab5b5a5118b1597386dd76eaf4340d
treed0dbe9d1335b2835b42d78ebe2525a9b3f97c768
parent34c55cf2fc75f8bf6ba87df321038c064cf2d426
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>
net/tipc/discover.c
net/tipc/link.c
net/tipc/msg.c
net/tipc/msg.h
net/tipc/name_distr.c