tipc: allocate user memory with GFP_KERNEL flag
Until now, we allocate memory always with GFP_ATOMIC flag.
When the system is under memory pressure and a user tries to send,
the send fails due to low memory. However, the user application
can wait for free memory if we allocate it using GFP_KERNEL flag.
In this commit, we use allocate memory with GFP_KERNEL for all user
allocation.
Reported-by: Rune Torgersen <runet@innovsys.com>
Acked-by: Jon Maloy <jon.maloy@ericsson.com>
Signed-off-by: Parthasarathy Bhuvaragan <parthasarathy.bhuvaragan@ericsson.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/net/tipc/link.c b/net/tipc/link.c
index bda89bf..4e8647a 100644
--- a/net/tipc/link.c
+++ b/net/tipc/link.c
@@ -1395,7 +1395,7 @@ void tipc_link_tnl_prepare(struct tipc_link *l, struct tipc_link *tnl,
msg_set_seqno(hdr, seqno++);
pktlen = msg_size(hdr);
msg_set_size(&tnlhdr, pktlen + INT_H_SIZE);
- tnlskb = tipc_buf_acquire(pktlen + INT_H_SIZE);
+ tnlskb = tipc_buf_acquire(pktlen + INT_H_SIZE, GFP_ATOMIC);
if (!tnlskb) {
pr_warn("%sunable to send packet\n", link_co_err);
return;