netdev - [PATCH 02/11] selinux: tag avc cache alloc as non-critical

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Message-Id: <1328569001-17599-3-git-send-email-mgorman@suse.de>
Date:	Mon,  6 Feb 2012 22:56:32 +0000
From:	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
To:	Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Cc:	Linux-Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux-NFS <linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>,
	Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
Subject: [PATCH 02/11] selinux: tag avc cache alloc as non-critical

Failing to allocate a cache entry will only harm performance not
correctness.  Do not consume valuable reserve pages for something
like that.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
---
 security/selinux/avc.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/security/selinux/avc.c b/security/selinux/avc.c
index dca1c22..a68d200 100644
--- a/security/selinux/avc.c
+++ b/security/selinux/avc.c
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ static struct avc_node *avc_alloc_node(void)
 {
 	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;
 
-- 
1.7.3.4

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