linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] ARM: Silence first allocation with CONFIG_ARM_MODULE

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Message-ID: <20170509232433.GM22219@n2100.armlinux.org.uk>
Date:   Wed, 10 May 2017 00:24:34 +0100
From:   Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@...linux.org.uk>
To:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>, zijun_hu <zijun_hu@....com>,
        "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@...tuozzo.com>,
        Chris Wilson <chris@...is-wilson.co.uk>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:MEMORY MANAGEMENT" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        angus@...usclark.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] ARM: Silence first allocation with
 CONFIG_ARM_MODULE_PLTS=y

On Tue, May 09, 2017 at 04:16:09PM -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> On 04/27/2017 11:19 AM, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> > When CONFIG_ARM_MODULE_PLTS is enabled, the first allocation using the
> > module space fails, because the module is too big, and then the module
> > allocation is attempted from vmalloc space. Silence the first allocation
> > failure in that case by setting __GFP_NOWARN.
> 
> Russell, are you okay with this change? Do you have a preference as
> which tree should carry this patch series?

It looks sensible.

Acked-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>

No preference which tree it goes through...

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