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authorTom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>2015-06-29 11:22:12 -0500
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2015-06-29 09:27:03 -0700
commit472cfe7127760d68b819cf35a26e5a1b44b30f4e (patch)
tree450db7d0b0d35057643d9e9714d8902bf55cfcf8 /drivers
parent7c80c3af5a2fd4dfb6a2c644181c259c3e2053cf (diff)
downloadlinux-472cfe7127760d68b819cf35a26e5a1b44b30f4e.tar.bz2
amd-xgbe: Add the __GFP_NOWARN flag to Rx buffer allocation
When allocating Rx related buffers, alloc_pages is called using an order number that is decreased until successful. A system under stress can experience failures during this allocation process resulting in a warning being issued. This message can be of concern to end users even though the failure is not fatal. Since the failure is not fatal and can occur multiple times, the driver should include the __GFP_NOWARN flag to suppress the warning message from being issued. Signed-off-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-desc.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-desc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-desc.c
index dd03ad865caf..661cdaa7ea96 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-desc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-desc.c
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ static int xgbe_alloc_pages(struct xgbe_prv_data *pdata,
int ret;
/* Try to obtain pages, decreasing order if necessary */
- gfp |= __GFP_COLD | __GFP_COMP;
+ gfp |= __GFP_COLD | __GFP_COMP | __GFP_NOWARN;
while (order >= 0) {
pages = alloc_pages(gfp, order);
if (pages)