1 files changed, 7 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/fs/seq_file.c b/fs/seq_file.c
index 3857b720cb1b..dbf3a59c86bb 100644
--- a/fs/seq_file.c
+++ b/fs/seq_file.c
@@ -16,17 +16,6 @@
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
 
-
-/*
- * seq_files have a buffer which can may overflow. When this happens a larger
- * buffer is reallocated and all the data will be printed again.
- * The overflow state is true when m->count == m->size.
- */
-static bool seq_overflow(struct seq_file *m)
-{
-	return m->count == m->size;
-}
-
 static void seq_set_overflow(struct seq_file *m)
 {
 	m->count = m->size;
@@ -36,7 +25,11 @@ static void *seq_buf_alloc(unsigned long size)
 {
 	void *buf;
 
-	buf = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
+	/*
+	 * __GFP_NORETRY to avoid oom-killings with high-order allocations -
+	 * it's better to fall back to vmalloc() than to kill things.
+	 */
+	buf = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_NOWARN);
 	if (!buf && size > PAGE_SIZE)
 		buf = vmalloc(size);
 	return buf;
@@ -124,7 +117,7 @@ static int traverse(struct seq_file *m, loff_t offset)
 			error = 0;
 			m->count = 0;
 		}
-		if (seq_overflow(m))
+		if (seq_has_overflowed(m))
 			goto Eoverflow;
 		if (pos + m->count > offset) {
 			m->from = offset - pos;
@@ -267,7 +260,7 @@ Fill:
 			break;
 		}
 		err = m->op->show(m, p);
-		if (seq_overflow(m) || err) {
+		if (seq_has_overflowed(m) || err) {
 			m->count = offs;
 			if (likely(err <= 0))
 				break;