amd-xgbe: Add the __GFP_NOWARN flag to Rx buffer allocation
authorTom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
Mon, 29 Jun 2015 16:22:12 +0000 (11:22 -0500)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Fri, 10 Jul 2015 16:49:32 +0000 (09:49 -0700)
commit8c6e5415f83cb5ba0da1321ec743b650c8a16764
treede09a2de246e07dce7e1383e1b952db816bb365f
parent67866a8c30f4707cef895635d5d08cb8105d2f5e
amd-xgbe: Add the __GFP_NOWARN flag to Rx buffer allocation

[ Upstream commit 472cfe7127760d68b819cf35a26e5a1b44b30f4e ]

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>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-desc.c