1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/pci-dma.c b/arch/x86/kernel/pci-dma.c
index c5ef1af8e79d..dc00a1331ace 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/pci-dma.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/pci-dma.c
@@ -378,6 +378,7 @@ dma_alloc_coherent(struct device *dev, size_t size, dma_addr_t *dma_handle,
         struct page *page;
         unsigned long dma_mask = 0;
         dma_addr_t bus;
+        int noretry = 0;
 
         /* ignore region specifiers */
         gfp &= ~(__GFP_DMA | __GFP_HIGHMEM | __GFP_DMA32);
@@ -397,20 +398,25 @@ dma_alloc_coherent(struct device *dev, size_t size, dma_addr_t *dma_handle,
         if (dev->dma_mask == NULL)
                 return NULL;
 
-        /* Don't invoke OOM killer */
-        gfp |= __GFP_NORETRY;
+        /* Don't invoke OOM killer or retry in lower 16MB DMA zone */
+        if (gfp & __GFP_DMA)
+                noretry = 1;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
         /* Why <=? Even when the mask is smaller than 4GB it is often
            larger than 16MB and in this case we have a chance of
            finding fitting memory in the next higher zone first. If
            not retry with true GFP_DMA. -AK */
-        if (dma_mask <= DMA_32BIT_MASK && !(gfp & GFP_DMA))
+        if (dma_mask <= DMA_32BIT_MASK && !(gfp & GFP_DMA)) {
                 gfp |= GFP_DMA32;
+                if (dma_mask < DMA_32BIT_MASK)
+                        noretry = 1;
+        }
 #endif
 
  again:
-        page = dma_alloc_pages(dev, gfp, get_order(size));
+        page = dma_alloc_pages(dev,
+                noretry ? gfp | __GFP_NORETRY : gfp, get_order(size));
         if (page == NULL)
                 return NULL;