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[NET]: __alloc_pages() failures reported due to fragmentation

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We have seen a couple of __alloc_pages() failures due to
fragmentation, there is plenty of free memory but no large order pages
available.  I think the problem is in sock_alloc_send_pskb(), the
gfp_mask includes __GFP_REPEAT but its never used/passed to the page
allocator.  Shouldnt the gfp_mask be passed to alloc_skb() ?

Signed-off-by: Larry Woodman <lwoodman@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Larry Woodman 2006-11-03 16:05:45 -08:00 committed by David S. Miller
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@ -1160,7 +1160,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *sock_alloc_send_pskb(struct sock *sk,
goto failure;
if (atomic_read(&sk->sk_wmem_alloc) < sk->sk_sndbuf) {
skb = alloc_skb(header_len, sk->sk_allocation);
skb = alloc_skb(header_len, gfp_mask);
if (skb) {
int npages;
int i;