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-rw-r--r--arch/sparc/kernel/mdesc.c8
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/mdesc.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/mdesc.c
index 72aca731657f..f0249691d000 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/mdesc.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/mdesc.c
@@ -205,12 +205,10 @@ static struct mdesc_handle *mdesc_kmalloc(unsigned int mdesc_size)
handle_size = (sizeof(struct mdesc_handle) -
sizeof(struct mdesc_hdr) +
mdesc_size);
+ base = kmalloc(handle_size + 15, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_REPEAT);
+ if (!base)
+ return NULL;
- /*
- * Allocation has to succeed because mdesc update would be missed
- * and such events are not retransmitted.
- */
- base = kmalloc(handle_size + 15, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
addr = (unsigned long)base;
addr = (addr + 15UL) & ~15UL;
hp = (struct mdesc_handle *) addr;