[PATCH] mm: prep_zero_page() in irq is a bug
prep_zero_page() uses KM_USER0 and hence may not be used from IRQ context, at
least for highmem pages.
Cc: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <christoph@lameter.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index bdff858..ed91684 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -217,6 +217,11 @@
int i;
BUG_ON((gfp_flags & (__GFP_WAIT | __GFP_HIGHMEM)) == __GFP_HIGHMEM);
+ /*
+ * clear_highpage() will use KM_USER0, so it's a bug to use __GFP_ZERO
+ * and __GFP_HIGHMEM from hard or soft interrupt context.
+ */
+ BUG_ON((gfp_flags & __GFP_HIGHMEM) && in_interrupt());
for (i = 0; i < (1 << order); i++)
clear_highpage(page + i);
}