linux-kernel - [PATCH] fs: befs: replace GFP_KERNEL by GFP

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Date:	Fri, 20 May 2016 12:07:08 +0100
From:	Salah Triki <salah.triki@....org>
To:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:	Salah Triki <salah.triki@....org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] fs: befs: replace GFP_KERNEL by GFP_NOFS

Since this is a filesystem driver, using the flag GFP_NOFS is more 
appropriate than the flag GFP_KERNEL.

Signed-off-by: Salah Triki <salah.triki@....org>
---
 fs/befs/linuxvfs.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c b/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
index cc0e082..ef6f6b0 100644
--- a/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
+++ b/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ befs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 
 	save_mount_options(sb, data);
 
-	sb->s_fs_info = kzalloc(sizeof(*befs_sb), GFP_KERNEL);
+	sb->s_fs_info = kzalloc(sizeof(*befs_sb), GFP_NOFS);
 	if (sb->s_fs_info == NULL) {
 		pr_err("(%s): Unable to allocate memory for private "
 		       "portion of superblock. Bailing.\n", sb->s_id);
-- 
1.9.1