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-rw-r--r-- | fs/file.c | 18 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/fs/file.c b/fs/file.c index 0be344755c02..4c6992d8f3ba 100644 --- a/fs/file.c +++ b/fs/file.c @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ #include <linux/module.h> #include <linux/fs.h> #include <linux/mm.h> +#include <linux/mmzone.h> #include <linux/time.h> #include <linux/sched.h> #include <linux/slab.h> @@ -39,14 +40,17 @@ int sysctl_nr_open_max = 1024 * 1024; /* raised later */ */ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct fdtable_defer, fdtable_defer_list); -static inline void *alloc_fdmem(unsigned int size) +static void *alloc_fdmem(unsigned int size) { - void *data; - - data = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_NOWARN); - if (data != NULL) - return data; - + /* + * Very large allocations can stress page reclaim, so fall back to + * vmalloc() if the allocation size will be considered "large" by the VM. + */ + if (size <= (PAGE_SIZE << PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER)) { + void *data = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_NOWARN); + if (data != NULL) + return data; + } return vmalloc(size); } |