linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 09/29] selinux: tag avc cache alloc as non-critical

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Date:	Wed, 21 Feb 2007 10:22:54 -0500 (EST)
From:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@....uio.no>,
	Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/29] selinux: tag avc cache alloc as non-critical

On Wed, 21 Feb 2007, Peter Zijlstra wrote:

> Failing to allocate a cache entry will only harm performance.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
> ---
>  security/selinux/avc.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Acked-by: James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>

> 
> Index: linux-2.6-git/security/selinux/avc.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6-git.orig/security/selinux/avc.c	2007-02-14 08:31:13.000000000 +0100
> +++ linux-2.6-git/security/selinux/avc.c	2007-02-14 10:10:47.000000000 +0100
> @@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ static struct avc_node *avc_alloc_node(v
>  {
>  	struct avc_node *node;
>  
> -	node = kmem_cache_zalloc(avc_node_cachep, GFP_ATOMIC);
> +	node = kmem_cache_zalloc(avc_node_cachep, GFP_ATOMIC|__GFP_NOMEMALLOC);
>  	if (!node)
>  		goto out;
>  
> 
> 

-- 
James Morris
<jmorris@...ei.org>
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