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DateMon, 22 May 2006 03:08:19 -0400
FromGiridhar Pemmasani <>
SubjectRe: __vmalloc with GFP_ATOMIC causes 'sleeping from invalid context'
On Mon, 22 May 2006 16:14:03 +1000, Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> said:

   > Nick Piggin wrote:
  >> OTOH, it doesn't seem to be particularly wrong to allow __vmalloc
  >> GFP_ATOMIC allocations. The correct fix is to pass the gfp_mask
  >> to kmalloc: if you're worried about breaking the API, introduce a
  >> new __get_vm_area_node_mask() and implement __get_vm_area_node()
  >> as a simple wrapper that passes in GFP_KERNEL.

   > Oh, and __get_vm_area_node{_mask} should BUG_ON(in_interrupt());
With the patch I sent earlier, this may not be required: Since
__get_vm_area_node calls kmalloc, it should be taken care of in
kmalloc and friends. Currently cache_alloc_debugcheck_before doesn't
check for in_interrupt(); perhaps that is the right place to add

if (flags & GFP_WAIT)
	BUG_ON(in_interrupt());
Thanks,
Giri
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