[PATCH] pgtables: fix GFP_KERNEL allocation with preempt disabled

Hi Andrew,

This is a fix to the pgtable_quicklist code.  There is a GFP_KERNEL
allocation in pgtable_quicklist_alloc(), which spews the usual warnings
if the kernel is under heavy VM pressure and the reclaim code is
invoked.

This patch is against 2.6.12-rc2-mm2

Signed-off-by:  Martin Hicks <[email protected]>


Index: linux-2.6.12-rc2.wk/include/asm-ia64/pgalloc.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.12-rc2.wk.orig/include/asm-ia64/pgalloc.h	2005-04-19 09:01:06.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.12-rc2.wk/include/asm-ia64/pgalloc.h	2005-04-19 09:53:39.000000000 -0700
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ static inline void *pgtable_quicklist_al
 		ret[0] = 0;
 		--pgtable_quicklist_size;
 	} else {
-		ret = (unsigned long *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
+		ret = (unsigned long *)__get_free_page(GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_ZERO);
 	}
 
 	preempt_enable();
-
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