+ zram-use-gfp_kernel-for-post-processing-slot-allocation.patch added to mm-new branch

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

The patch titled
     Subject: zram: use GFP_KERNEL for post-processing slot allocation
has been added to the -mm mm-new branch.  Its filename is
     zram-use-gfp_kernel-for-post-processing-slot-allocation.patch

This patch will shortly appear at
     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/zram-use-gfp_kernel-for-post-processing-slot-allocation.patch

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    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

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From: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@chromium.org>
Subject: zram: use GFP_KERNEL for post-processing slot allocation
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2026 11:16:03 +0900

Post-processing slot allocation used to be performed under slot bit-lock,
so gfp was restricted, then we switched to a sleepable slot lock but gpf
still remained restricted.  Drop that restriction and use GFP_KERNEL
instead.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260305021619.617481-1-senozhatsky@chromium.org
Signed-off-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@chromium.org>
Acked-by: Brian Geffon <bgeffon@google.com>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c~zram-use-gfp_kernel-for-post-processing-slot-allocation
+++ a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ static bool place_pp_slot(struct zram *z
 	struct zram_pp_slot *pps;
 	u32 bid;
 
-	pps = kmalloc_obj(*pps, GFP_NOIO | __GFP_NOWARN);
+	pps = kmalloc_obj(*pps, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
 	if (!pps)
 		return false;
 
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from senozhatsky@chromium.org are

zram-do-not-autocorrect-bad-recompression-parameters.patch
zram-drop-num_active_comps.patch
zram-recompression-priority-param-should-override-algo.patch
zram-update-recompression-documentation.patch
zram-remove-chained-recompression.patch
zram-use-gfp_kernel-for-post-processing-slot-allocation.patch