Since this is a filesystem driver, using the flag GFP_NOFS is more appropriate than the flag GFP_KERNEL.
Signed-off-by: Salah Triki <[email protected]> --- fs/befs/linuxvfs.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c b/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c index cc0e082..ef6f6b0 100644 --- a/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c +++ b/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c @@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ befs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent) save_mount_options(sb, data); - sb->s_fs_info = kzalloc(sizeof(*befs_sb), GFP_KERNEL); + sb->s_fs_info = kzalloc(sizeof(*befs_sb), GFP_NOFS); if (sb->s_fs_info == NULL) { pr_err("(%s): Unable to allocate memory for private " "portion of superblock. Bailing.\n", sb->s_id); -- 1.9.1

