[PATCH] vmalloc might sleep

[Matthew Wilcox <willy@debian.org>]

So let's whack people upside the head when they misuse it.

vmalloc-might-sleep.diff:

Index: mm/vmalloc.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /var/cvs/linux-2.6/mm/vmalloc.c,v
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -u -p -r1.2 vmalloc.c
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c	23 Aug 2003 02:47:26 -0000	1.2
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c	31 Aug 2003 03:04:25 -0000
@@ -438,7 +438,8 @@ fail:
  */
 void *vmalloc(unsigned long size)
 {
-       return __vmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_HIGHMEM, PAGE_KERNEL);
+	might_sleep();
+	return __vmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_HIGHMEM, PAGE_KERNEL);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -451,6 +452,7 @@ void *vmalloc(unsigned long size)
  */
 void *vmalloc_32(unsigned long size)
 {
+	might_sleep();
 	return __vmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL, PAGE_KERNEL);
 }
 

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