linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] xen/blkfront: fix memory allocation flags in blkfront_setup

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Date:   Mon, 6 Apr 2020 11:02:50 +0200
From:   Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@...rix.com>
To:     Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
CC:     <xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>, <linux-block@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
        Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@...nel.org>,
        Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xen/blkfront: fix memory allocation flags in
 blkfront_setup_indirect()

On Fri, Apr 03, 2020 at 11:00:34AM +0200, Juergen Gross wrote:
> Commit 1d5c76e664333 ("xen-blkfront: switch kcalloc to kvcalloc for
> large array allocation") didn't fix the issue it was meant to, as the
> flags for allocating the memory are GFP_NOIO, which will lead the
> memory allocation falling back to kmalloc().
> 
> So instead of GFP_NOIO use GFP_KERNEL and do all the memory allocation
> in blkfront_setup_indirect() in a memalloc_noio_{save,restore} section.
> 
> Fixes: 1d5c76e664333 ("xen-blkfront: switch kcalloc to kvcalloc for large array allocation")
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>

Acked-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@...rix.com>

Thanks!