From: Alexey Dobriyan These aren't modular, so SLAB_PANIC is OK. Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- fs/proc/inode.c | 4 +--- kernel/posix-timers.c | 3 ++- mm/shmem.c | 4 +--- 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/proc/inode.c~slab_panic-more-proc-posix-timers-shmem fs/proc/inode.c --- a/fs/proc/inode.c~slab_panic-more-proc-posix-timers-shmem +++ a/fs/proc/inode.c @@ -118,10 +118,8 @@ int __init proc_init_inodecache(void) proc_inode_cachep = kmem_cache_create("proc_inode_cache", sizeof(struct proc_inode), 0, (SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT| - SLAB_MEM_SPREAD), + SLAB_MEM_SPREAD|SLAB_PANIC), init_once); - if (proc_inode_cachep == NULL) - return -ENOMEM; return 0; } diff -puN kernel/posix-timers.c~slab_panic-more-proc-posix-timers-shmem kernel/posix-timers.c --- a/kernel/posix-timers.c~slab_panic-more-proc-posix-timers-shmem +++ a/kernel/posix-timers.c @@ -241,7 +241,8 @@ static __init int init_posix_timers(void register_posix_clock(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &clock_monotonic); posix_timers_cache = kmem_cache_create("posix_timers_cache", - sizeof (struct k_itimer), 0, 0, NULL); + sizeof (struct k_itimer), 0, SLAB_PANIC, + NULL); idr_init(&posix_timers_id); return 0; } diff -puN mm/shmem.c~slab_panic-more-proc-posix-timers-shmem mm/shmem.c --- a/mm/shmem.c~slab_panic-more-proc-posix-timers-shmem +++ a/mm/shmem.c @@ -2345,9 +2345,7 @@ static int init_inodecache(void) { shmem_inode_cachep = kmem_cache_create("shmem_inode_cache", sizeof(struct shmem_inode_info), - 0, 0, init_once); - if (shmem_inode_cachep == NULL) - return -ENOMEM; + 0, SLAB_PANIC, init_once); return 0; } _