Commit 021ca6b
mm/slab: pass __GFP_NOWARN to refill_sheaf() if fallback is available
When refill_sheaf() is called, failing to refill the sheaf doesn't
necessarily mean the allocation will fail because a fallback path
might be available and serve the allocation request.
Suppress spurious warnings by passing __GFP_NOWARN along with
__GFP_NOMEMALLOC whenever a fallback path is available.
When the caller is alloc_full_sheaf() or __pcs_replace_empty_main(),
the kernel always falls back to the slowpath (__slab_alloc_node()).
For __prefill_sheaf_pfmemalloc(), the fallback path is available
only when gfp_pfmemalloc_allowed() returns true.
Reported-and-tested-by: Chris Bainbridge <chris.bainbridge@gmail.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/aZt2-oS9lkmwT7Ch@debian.local
Fixes: 1ce20c2 ("slab: handle pfmemalloc slabs properly with sheaves")
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/aZwSreGj9-HHdD-j@hyeyoo
Signed-off-by: Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@oracle.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260223133322.16705-1-harry.yoo@oracle.com
Tested-by: Mikhail Gavrilov <mikhail.v.gavrilov@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) <vbabka@kernel.org>1 parent 6de23f8 commit 021ca6b
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