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-rw-r--r--net/netfilter/x_tables.c7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/netfilter/x_tables.c b/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
index 8fa4d37..2f685ee 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
@@ -1008,7 +1008,12 @@ struct xt_table_info *xt_alloc_table_info(unsigned int size)
if ((size >> PAGE_SHIFT) + 2 > totalram_pages)
return NULL;
- info = kvmalloc(sz, GFP_KERNEL);
+ /* __GFP_NORETRY is not fully supported by kvmalloc but it should
+ * work reasonably well if sz is too large and bail out rather
+ * than shoot all processes down before realizing there is nothing
+ * more to reclaim.
+ */
+ info = kvmalloc(sz, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NORETRY);
if (!info)
return NULL;
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