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-rw-r--r--mm/page_alloc.c13
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 076463cb21b..61290ea721c 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1128,6 +1128,19 @@ again:
list_del(&page->lru);
pcp->count--;
} else {
+ if (unlikely(gfp_flags & __GFP_NOFAIL)) {
+ /*
+ * __GFP_NOFAIL is not to be used in new code.
+ *
+ * All __GFP_NOFAIL callers should be fixed so that they
+ * properly detect and handle allocation failures.
+ *
+ * We most definitely don't want callers attempting to
+ * allocate greater than single-page units with
+ * __GFP_NOFAIL.
+ */
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(order > 0);
+ }
spin_lock_irqsave(&zone->lock, flags);
page = __rmqueue(zone, order, migratetype);
__mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_FREE_PAGES, -(1 << order));