{
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;