1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index 445bcc87b346..cb2e411d93a9 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -2123,6 +2123,8 @@ static int __init_refok setup_cpu_cache(struct kmem_cache *cachep)
  *
  * @name must be valid until the cache is destroyed. This implies that
  * the module calling this has to destroy the cache before getting unloaded.
+ * Note that kmem_cache_name() is not guaranteed to return the same pointer,
+ * therefore applications must manage it themselves.
  *
  * The flags are
  *
@@ -2609,7 +2611,7 @@ static struct slab *alloc_slabmgmt(struct kmem_cache *cachep, void *objp,
         if (OFF_SLAB(cachep)) {
                 /* Slab management obj is off-slab. */
                 slabp = kmem_cache_alloc_node(cachep->slabp_cache,
-                                              local_flags & ~GFP_THISNODE, nodeid);
+                                              local_flags, nodeid);
                 if (!slabp)
                         return NULL;
         } else {