kvmalloc

index 33b799fd3a6e..42562348bed2 100644
@@ -177,8 +177,8 @@ static void recalculate_apic_map(struct kvm *kvm)
 		if (kvm_apic_present(vcpu))
 			max_id = max(max_id, kvm_x2apic_id(vcpu->arch.apic));
 
-	new = kvm_kvzalloc(sizeof(struct kvm_apic_map) +
-	                   sizeof(struct kvm_lapic *) * ((u64)max_id + 1));
+	new = kvzalloc(sizeof(struct kvm_apic_map) +
+	                   sizeof(struct kvm_lapic *) * ((u64)max_id + 1), GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	if (!new)
 		goto out;

index 4a1c13eaa518..d46663e655b0 100644
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ int kvm_page_track_create_memslot(struct kvm_memory_slot *slot,
 	int  i;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < KVM_PAGE_TRACK_MAX; i++) {
-		slot->arch.gfn_track[i] = kvm_kvzalloc(npages *
-					    sizeof(*slot->arch.gfn_track[i]));
+		slot->arch.gfn_track[i] = kvzalloc(npages *
+					    sizeof(*slot->arch.gfn_track[i]), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!slot->arch.gfn_track[i])
 			goto track_free;
 	}

index 313f2cecbc57..07b0d17df9ea 100644
@@ -8121,13 +8121,13 @@ int kvm_arch_create_memslot(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_memory_slot *slot,
 				      slot->base_gfn, level) + 1;
 
 		slot->arch.rmap[i] =
-			kvm_kvzalloc(lpages * sizeof(*slot->arch.rmap[i]));
+			kvzalloc(lpages * sizeof(*slot->arch.rmap[i]), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!slot->arch.rmap[i])
 			goto out_free;
 		if (i == 0)
 			continue;
 
-		linfo = kvm_kvzalloc(lpages * sizeof(*linfo));
+		linfo = kvzalloc(lpages * sizeof(*linfo), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!linfo)
 			goto out_free;
 

index 38b05f23b96c..674f9a1686f7 100644
@@ -146,12 +146,7 @@ static void *dm_kvzalloc(size_t alloc_size, int node)
 	if (!claim_shared_memory(alloc_size))
 		return NULL;
 
-	if (alloc_size <= KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE) {
-		p = kzalloc_node(alloc_size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_NOMEMALLOC | __GFP_NOWARN, node);
-		if (p)
-			return p;
-	}
-	p = vzalloc_node(alloc_size, node);
+	p = kvzalloc_node(alloc_size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOMEMALLOC, node);
 	if (p)
 		return p;
 

index d9fd184b049e..31a761dd76f5 100644
@@ -2381,7 +2381,7 @@ int ext4_mb_alloc_groupinfo(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t ngroups)
 		return 0;
 
 	size = roundup_pow_of_two(sizeof(*sbi->s_group_info) * size);
-	new_groupinfo = ext4_kvzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	new_groupinfo = kvzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!new_groupinfo) {
 		ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "can't allocate buddy meta group");
 		return -ENOMEM;

index 9d15a6293124..e3f1ff04a85f 100644
@@ -2110,7 +2110,7 @@ int ext4_alloc_flex_bg_array(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t ngroup)
 		return 0;
 
 	size = roundup_pow_of_two(size * sizeof(struct flex_groups));
-	new_groups = ext4_kvzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	new_groups = kvzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!new_groups) {
 		ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "not enough memory for %d flex groups",
 			 size / (int) sizeof(struct flex_groups));

@@ -3844,7 +3844,7 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 			goto failed_mount;
 		}
 	}
-	sbi->s_group_desc = ext4_kvmalloc(db_count *
+	sbi->s_group_desc = kvmalloc(db_count *
 					  sizeof(struct buffer_head *),
 					  GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (sbi->s_group_desc == NULL) {

index 4cce13d0a1a4..83dc25025277 100644
@@ -1935,26 +1935,6 @@ static inline void *f2fs_kmalloc(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
 	return kmalloc(size, flags);
 }
 
-static inline void *f2fs_kvmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
-{
-	void *ret;
-
-	ret = kmalloc(size, flags | __GFP_NOWARN);
-	if (!ret)
-		ret = __vmalloc(size, flags, PAGE_KERNEL);
-	return ret;
-}
-
-static inline void *f2fs_kvzalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
-{
-	void *ret;
-
-	ret = kzalloc(size, flags | __GFP_NOWARN);
-	if (!ret)
-		ret = __vmalloc(size, flags | __GFP_ZERO, PAGE_KERNEL);
-	return ret;
-}
-
 #define get_inode_mode(i) \
 	((is_inode_flag_set(i, FI_ACL_MODE)) ? \
 	 (F2FS_I(i)->i_acl_mode) : ((i)->i_mode))

index 2752bcf98f95..82ca8c038ecf 100644
@@ -1014,11 +1014,11 @@ static int __exchange_data_block(struct inode *src_inode,
 	while (len) {
 		olen = min((pgoff_t)4 * ADDRS_PER_BLOCK, len);
 
-		src_blkaddr = f2fs_kvzalloc(sizeof(block_t) * olen, GFP_KERNEL);
+		src_blkaddr = kvzalloc(sizeof(block_t) * olen, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!src_blkaddr)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 
-		do_replace = f2fs_kvzalloc(sizeof(int) * olen, GFP_KERNEL);
+		do_replace = kvzalloc(sizeof(int) * olen, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!do_replace) {
 			kvfree(src_blkaddr);
 			return -ENOMEM;

index fb57ab9f6aa6..127d875a79f7 100644
@@ -2351,13 +2351,13 @@ static int build_sit_info(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 
 	SM_I(sbi)->sit_info = sit_i;
 
-	sit_i->sentries = f2fs_kvzalloc(MAIN_SEGS(sbi) *
+	sit_i->sentries = kvzalloc(MAIN_SEGS(sbi) *
 					sizeof(struct seg_entry), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!sit_i->sentries)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	bitmap_size = f2fs_bitmap_size(MAIN_SEGS(sbi));
-	sit_i->dirty_sentries_bitmap = f2fs_kvzalloc(bitmap_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	sit_i->dirty_sentries_bitmap = kvzalloc(bitmap_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!sit_i->dirty_sentries_bitmap)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 

@@ -2390,7 +2390,7 @@ static int build_sit_info(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	if (sbi->segs_per_sec > 1) {
-		sit_i->sec_entries = f2fs_kvzalloc(MAIN_SECS(sbi) *
+		sit_i->sec_entries = kvzalloc(MAIN_SECS(sbi) *
 					sizeof(struct sec_entry), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!sit_i->sec_entries)
 			return -ENOMEM;

@@ -2441,12 +2441,12 @@ static int build_free_segmap(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 	SM_I(sbi)->free_info = free_i;
 
 	bitmap_size = f2fs_bitmap_size(MAIN_SEGS(sbi));
-	free_i->free_segmap = f2fs_kvmalloc(bitmap_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	free_i->free_segmap = kvmalloc(bitmap_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!free_i->free_segmap)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	sec_bitmap_size = f2fs_bitmap_size(MAIN_SECS(sbi));
-	free_i->free_secmap = f2fs_kvmalloc(sec_bitmap_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	free_i->free_secmap = kvmalloc(sec_bitmap_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!free_i->free_secmap)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 

@@ -2614,7 +2614,7 @@ static int init_victim_secmap(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 	struct dirty_seglist_info *dirty_i = DIRTY_I(sbi);
 	unsigned int bitmap_size = f2fs_bitmap_size(MAIN_SECS(sbi));
 
-	dirty_i->victim_secmap = f2fs_kvzalloc(bitmap_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	dirty_i->victim_secmap = kvzalloc(bitmap_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!dirty_i->victim_secmap)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	return 0;

@@ -2636,7 +2636,7 @@ static int build_dirty_segmap(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 	bitmap_size = f2fs_bitmap_size(MAIN_SEGS(sbi));
 
 	for (i = 0; i < NR_DIRTY_TYPE; i++) {
-		dirty_i->dirty_segmap[i] = f2fs_kvzalloc(bitmap_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+		dirty_i->dirty_segmap[i] = kvzalloc(bitmap_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!dirty_i->dirty_segmap[i])
 			return -ENOMEM;
 	}

index ca69fb99e41a..dc7c2be963ed 100644
@@ -25,21 +25,7 @@ static void seq_set_overflow(struct seq_file *m)
 
 static void *seq_buf_alloc(unsigned long size)
 {
-	void *buf;
-	gfp_t gfp = GFP_KERNEL;
-
-	/*
-	 * For high order allocations, use __GFP_NORETRY to avoid oom-killing -
-	 * it's better to fall back to vmalloc() than to kill things.  For small
-	 * allocations, just use GFP_KERNEL which will oom kill, thus no need
-	 * for vmalloc fallback.
-	 */
-	if (size > PAGE_SIZE)
-		gfp |= __GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_NOWARN;
-	buf = kmalloc(size, gfp);
-	if (!buf && size > PAGE_SIZE)
-		buf = vmalloc(size);
-	return buf;
+	return kvmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 }
 
 /**

index 1c5190dab2c1..00e6f93d1ee0 100644
@@ -768,8 +768,6 @@ void kvm_arch_check_processor_compat(void *rtn);
 int kvm_arch_vcpu_runnable(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 int kvm_arch_vcpu_should_kick(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 
-void *kvm_kvzalloc(unsigned long size);
-
 #ifndef __KVM_HAVE_ARCH_VM_ALLOC
 static inline struct kvm *kvm_arch_alloc_vm(void)
 {

index a6b9ab0945c4..0d9fdc0a2a7b 100644
@@ -498,6 +498,20 @@ static inline int is_vmalloc_or_module_addr(const void *x)
 }
 #endif
 
+extern void *kvmalloc_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node);
+static inline void *kvmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
+{
+	return kvmalloc_node(size, flags, NUMA_NO_NODE);
+}
+static inline void *kvzalloc_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node)
+{
+	return kvmalloc_node(size, flags | __GFP_ZERO, node);
+}
+static inline void *kvzalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
+{
+	return kvmalloc(size, flags | __GFP_ZERO);
+}
+
 extern void kvfree(const void *addr);
 
 static inline atomic_t *compound_mapcount_ptr(struct page *page)

index d68edffbf142..46991ad3ddd5 100644
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ extern void *__vmalloc_node_range(unsigned long size, unsigned long align,
 			unsigned long start, unsigned long end, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 			pgprot_t prot, unsigned long vm_flags, int node,
 			const void *caller);
+extern void *__vmalloc_node_flags(unsigned long size, int node, gfp_t flags);
 
 extern void vfree(const void *addr);
 extern void vfree_atomic(const void *addr);

index 798cad18dd87..74c2adc62086 100644
@@ -403,12 +403,7 @@ void ipc_rmid(struct ipc_ids *ids, struct kern_ipc_perm *ipcp)
  */
 void *ipc_alloc(int size)
 {
-	void *out;
-	if (size > PAGE_SIZE)
-		out = vmalloc(size);
-	else
-		out = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
-	return out;
+	return kvmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 }
 
 /**

index 215c62296028..bee76e6cd4e5 100644
@@ -236,6 +236,11 @@ void *__vmalloc(unsigned long size, gfp_t gfp_mask, pgprot_t prot)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__vmalloc);
 
+void *__vmalloc_node_flags(unsigned long size, int node, gfp_t flags)
+{
+	return __vmalloc(size, flags, PAGE_KERNEL);
+}
+
 void *vmalloc_user(unsigned long size)
 {
 	void *ret;

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index d89034a393f2..6c1aa2c68887 100644
@@ -1741,6 +1741,13 @@ void *__vmalloc_node_range(unsigned long size, unsigned long align,
  *	Allocate enough pages to cover @size from the page level
  *	allocator with @gfp_mask flags.  Map them into contiguous
  *	kernel virtual space, using a pagetable protection of @prot.
+ *
+ *	Reclaim modifiers in @gfp_mask - __GFP_NORETRY, __GFP_REPEAT
+ *	and __GFP_NOFAIL are not supported
+ *
+ *	Any use of gfp flags outside of GFP_KERNEL should be consulted
+ *	with mm people.
+ *
  */
 static void *__vmalloc_node(unsigned long size, unsigned long align,
 			    gfp_t gfp_mask, pgprot_t prot,

@@ -1757,7 +1764,7 @@ void *__vmalloc(unsigned long size, gfp_t gfp_mask, pgprot_t prot)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__vmalloc);
 
-static inline void *__vmalloc_node_flags(unsigned long size,
+void *__vmalloc_node_flags(unsigned long size,
 					int node, gfp_t flags)
 {
 	return __vmalloc_node(size, 1, flags, PAGE_KERNEL,

index 41073f70eb41..be0b49897a67 100644
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ static struct aa_loaddata *aa_simple_write_to_buffer(const char __user *userbuf,
 		return ERR_PTR(-ESPIPE);
 
 	/* freed by caller to simple_write_to_buffer */
-	data = kvmalloc(sizeof(*data) + alloc_size);
+	data = kvmalloc(sizeof(*data) + alloc_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (data == NULL)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	kref_init(&data->count);

index 65ff492a9807..75733baa6702 100644
@@ -64,17 +64,6 @@ char *aa_split_fqname(char *args, char **ns_name);
 const char *aa_splitn_fqname(const char *fqname, size_t n, const char **ns_name,
 			     size_t *ns_len);
 void aa_info_message(const char *str);
-void *__aa_kvmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags);
-
-static inline void *kvmalloc(size_t size)
-{
-	return __aa_kvmalloc(size, 0);
-}
-
-static inline void *kvzalloc(size_t size)
-{
-	return __aa_kvmalloc(size, __GFP_ZERO);
-}
 
 /**
  * aa_strneq - compare null terminated @str to a non null terminated substring

index 66475bda6f72..1a13494bc7c7 100644
@@ -129,36 +129,6 @@ void aa_info_message(const char *str)
 }
 
 /**
- * __aa_kvmalloc - do allocation preferring kmalloc but falling back to vmalloc
- * @size: how many bytes of memory are required
- * @flags: the type of memory to allocate (see kmalloc).
- *
- * Return: allocated buffer or NULL if failed
- *
- * It is possible that policy being loaded from the user is larger than
- * what can be allocated by kmalloc, in those cases fall back to vmalloc.
- */
-void *__aa_kvmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
-{
-	void *buffer = NULL;
-
-	if (size == 0)
-		return NULL;
-
-	/* do not attempt kmalloc if we need more than 16 pages at once */
-	if (size <= (16*PAGE_SIZE))
-		buffer = kmalloc(size, flags | GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NORETRY |
-				 __GFP_NOWARN);
-	if (!buffer) {
-		if (flags & __GFP_ZERO)
-			buffer = vzalloc(size);
-		else
-			buffer = vmalloc(size);
-	}
-	return buffer;
-}
-
-/**
  * aa_policy_init - initialize a policy structure
  * @policy: policy to initialize  (NOT NULL)
  * @prefix: prefix name if any is required.  (MAYBE NULL)

index eb0efef746f5..960c913381e2 100644
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ static struct table_header *unpack_table(char *blob, size_t bsize)
 	if (bsize < tsize)
 		goto out;
 
-	table = kvzalloc(tsize);
+	table = kvzalloc(tsize, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (table) {
 		table->td_id = th.td_id;
 		table->td_flags = th.td_flags;

index 2e37c9c26bbd..f3422a91353c 100644
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ static bool unpack_rlimits(struct aa_ext *e, struct aa_profile *profile)
 
 static void *kvmemdup(const void *src, size_t len)
 {
-	void *p = kvmalloc(len);
+	void *p = kvmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	if (p)
 		memcpy(p, src, len);

index dcd1c12940e6..795c8269ef63 100644
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ static struct kvm_memslots *kvm_alloc_memslots(void)
 	int i;
 	struct kvm_memslots *slots;
 
-	slots = kvm_kvzalloc(sizeof(struct kvm_memslots));
+	slots = kvzalloc(sizeof(struct kvm_memslots), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!slots)
 		return NULL;
 

@@ -685,18 +685,6 @@ static struct kvm *kvm_create_vm(unsigned long type)
 	return ERR_PTR(r);
 }
 
-/*
- * Avoid using vmalloc for a small buffer.
- * Should not be used when the size is statically known.
- */
-void *kvm_kvzalloc(unsigned long size)
-{
-	if (size > PAGE_SIZE)
-		return vzalloc(size);
-	else
-		return kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
-}
-
 static void kvm_destroy_devices(struct kvm *kvm)
 {
 	struct kvm_device *dev, *tmp;

@@ -775,7 +763,7 @@ static int kvm_create_dirty_bitmap(struct kvm_memory_slot *memslot)
 {
 	unsigned long dirty_bytes = 2 * kvm_dirty_bitmap_bytes(memslot);
 
-	memslot->dirty_bitmap = kvm_kvzalloc(dirty_bytes);
+	memslot->dirty_bitmap = kvzalloc(dirty_bytes, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!memslot->dirty_bitmap)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 

@@ -995,7 +983,7 @@ int __kvm_set_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
 			goto out_free;
 	}
 
-	slots = kvm_kvzalloc(sizeof(struct kvm_memslots));
+	slots = kvzalloc(sizeof(struct kvm_memslots), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!slots)
 		goto out_free;
 	memcpy(slots, __kvm_memslots(kvm, as_id), sizeof(struct kvm_memslots));

index c42e9c305134..f40e0150ca37 100644
@@ -814,12 +814,9 @@ static int vhost_net_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *f)
 	struct vhost_virtqueue **vqs;
 	int i;
 
-	n = kmalloc(sizeof *n, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_REPEAT);
-	if (!n) {
-		n = vmalloc(sizeof *n);
-		if (!n)
-			return -ENOMEM;
-	}
+	n = kvmalloc(sizeof *n, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_REPEAT);
+	if (!n)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	vqs = kmalloc(VHOST_NET_VQ_MAX * sizeof(*vqs), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!vqs) {
 		kvfree(n);

index 9f118388a5b7..596099c645ff 100644
@@ -515,18 +515,9 @@ long vhost_dev_set_owner(struct vhost_dev *dev)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vhost_dev_set_owner);
 
-static void *vhost_kvzalloc(unsigned long size)
-{
-	void *n = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_REPEAT);
-
-	if (!n)
-		n = vzalloc(size);
-	return n;
-}
-
 struct vhost_umem *vhost_dev_reset_owner_prepare(void)
 {
-	return vhost_kvzalloc(sizeof(struct vhost_umem));
+	return kvzalloc(sizeof(struct vhost_umem), GFP_KERNEL);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vhost_dev_reset_owner_prepare);
 

@@ -1190,7 +1181,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vhost_vq_access_ok);
 
 static struct vhost_umem *vhost_umem_alloc(void)
 {
-	struct vhost_umem *umem = vhost_kvzalloc(sizeof(*umem));
+	struct vhost_umem *umem = kvzalloc(sizeof(*umem), GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	if (!umem)
 		return NULL;

@@ -1216,7 +1207,7 @@ static long vhost_set_memory(struct vhost_dev *d, struct vhost_memory __user *m)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	if (mem.nregions > max_mem_regions)
 		return -E2BIG;
-	newmem = vhost_kvzalloc(size + mem.nregions * sizeof(*m->regions));
+	newmem = kvzalloc(size + mem.nregions * sizeof(*m->regions), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!newmem)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 

index ce5e63d2c66a..d403c647ba56 100644
@@ -460,12 +460,9 @@ static int vhost_vsock_dev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	/* This struct is large and allocation could fail, fall back to vmalloc
 	 * if there is no other way.
 	 */
-	vsock = kzalloc(sizeof(*vsock), GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_REPEAT);
-	if (!vsock) {
-		vsock = vmalloc(sizeof(*vsock));
-		if (!vsock)
-			return -ENOMEM;
-	}
+	vsock = kvmalloc(sizeof(*vsock), GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_REPEAT);
+	if (!vsock)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	vqs = kmalloc_array(ARRAY_SIZE(vsock->vqs), sizeof(*vqs), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!vqs) {

index ef72e2554edb..f23cf264e21d 100644
@@ -333,8 +333,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(vm_mmap);
  *
  * Uses kmalloc to get the memory but if the allocation fails then falls back
  * to the vmalloc allocator. Use kvfree for freeing the memory.
- *
- * Reclaim modifiers - __GFP_NORETRY, __GFP_REPEAT and __GFP_NOFAIL are not supported
+ * 
+ * Reclaim modifiers - __GFP_NORETRY and __GFP_NOFAIL are not supported. __GFP_REPEAT
+ * is supported only for large (>32kB) allocations, and it should be used only if
+ * kmalloc is preferable to the vmalloc fallback, due to visible performance drawbacks.
  *
  * Any use of gfp flags outside of GFP_KERNEL should be consulted with mm people.
  */

@@ -353,8 +355,18 @@ void *kvmalloc_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node)
 	 * Make sure that larger requests are not too disruptive - no OOM
 	 * killer and no allocation failure warnings as we have a fallback
 	 */
-	if (size > PAGE_SIZE)
-		kmalloc_flags |= __GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_NOWARN;
+	if (size > PAGE_SIZE) {
+		kmalloc_flags |= __GFP_NOWARN;
+
+		/*
+		 * We have to override __GFP_REPEAT by __GFP_NORETRY for !costly
+		 * requests because there is no other way to tell the allocator
+		 * that we want to fail rather than retry endlessly.
+		 */
+		if (!(kmalloc_flags & __GFP_REPEAT) ||
+				(size <= PAGE_SIZE << PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER))
+			kmalloc_flags |= __GFP_NORETRY;
+	}
 
 	ret = kmalloc_node(size, kmalloc_flags, node);
 

index 32d0ad058380..1a487ea70829 100644
@@ -77,16 +77,9 @@ static int alloc_bucket_locks(struct rhashtable *ht, struct bucket_table *tbl,
 	size = min_t(unsigned int, size, tbl->size >> 1);
 
 	if (sizeof(spinlock_t) != 0) {
-		tbl->locks = NULL;
-#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
-		if (size * sizeof(spinlock_t) > PAGE_SIZE &&
-		    gfp == GFP_KERNEL)
-			tbl->locks = vmalloc(size * sizeof(spinlock_t));
-#endif
-		if (gfp != GFP_KERNEL)
-			gfp |= __GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_NORETRY;
-
-		if (!tbl->locks)
+		if (gfpflags_allow_blocking(gfp))
+			tbl->locks = kvmalloc(size * sizeof(spinlock_t), gfp);
+		else
 			tbl->locks = kmalloc_array(size, sizeof(spinlock_t),
 						   gfp);
 		if (!tbl->locks)

index af8f52ee7180..2fd5ca151dcf 100644
@@ -41,13 +41,7 @@ static int alloc_ila_locks(struct ila_net *ilan)
 	size = roundup_pow_of_two(nr_pcpus * LOCKS_PER_CPU);
 
 	if (sizeof(spinlock_t) != 0) {
-#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
-		if (size * sizeof(spinlock_t) > PAGE_SIZE)
-			ilan->locks = vmalloc(size * sizeof(spinlock_t));
-		else
-#endif
-		ilan->locks = kmalloc_array(size, sizeof(spinlock_t),
-					    GFP_KERNEL);
+		ilan->locks = kvmalloc(size * sizeof(spinlock_t), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!ilan->locks)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		for (i = 0; i < size; i++)

index dabd3b15bf11..ecc09b6648f3 100644
@@ -1159,10 +1159,7 @@ static long kvm_s390_get_skeys(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_s390_skeys *args)
 	if (args->count < 1 || args->count > KVM_S390_SKEYS_MAX)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	keys = kmalloc_array(args->count, sizeof(uint8_t),
-			     GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
-	if (!keys)
-		keys = vmalloc(sizeof(uint8_t) * args->count);
+	keys = kvmalloc_array(args->count, sizeof(uint8_t), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!keys)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 

@@ -1204,10 +1201,7 @@ static long kvm_s390_set_skeys(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_s390_skeys *args)
 	if (args->count < 1 || args->count > KVM_S390_SKEYS_MAX)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	keys = kmalloc_array(args->count, sizeof(uint8_t),
-			     GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
-	if (!keys)
-		keys = vmalloc(sizeof(uint8_t) * args->count);
+	keys = kvmalloc_array(args->count, sizeof(uint8_t), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!keys)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 

index 168df784da84..218567d717d6 100644
@@ -32,9 +32,7 @@ static void *lzo_alloc_ctx(struct crypto_scomp *tfm)
 {
 	void *ctx;
 
-	ctx = kmalloc(LZO1X_MEM_COMPRESS, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
-	if (!ctx)
-		ctx = vmalloc(LZO1X_MEM_COMPRESS);
+	ctx = kvmalloc(LZO1X_MEM_COMPRESS, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ctx)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 

index ec4f507b524f..a2898df61744 100644
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ static int __erst_record_id_cache_add_one(void)
 	if (i < erst_record_id_cache.len)
 		goto retry;
 	if (erst_record_id_cache.len >= erst_record_id_cache.size) {
-		int new_size, alloc_size;
+		int new_size;
 		u64 *new_entries;
 
 		new_size = erst_record_id_cache.size * 2;

@@ -524,11 +524,7 @@ static int __erst_record_id_cache_add_one(void)
 				pr_warn(FW_WARN "too many record IDs!\n");
 			return 0;
 		}
-		alloc_size = new_size * sizeof(entries[0]);
-		if (alloc_size < PAGE_SIZE)
-			new_entries = kmalloc(alloc_size, GFP_KERNEL);
-		else
-			new_entries = vmalloc(alloc_size);
+		new_entries = kvmalloc(new_size * sizeof(entries[0]), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!new_entries)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		memcpy(new_entries, entries,

index f002fa5d1887..bdf418cac8ef 100644
@@ -88,13 +88,7 @@ static int agp_get_key(void)
 
 void agp_alloc_page_array(size_t size, struct agp_memory *mem)
 {
-	mem->pages = NULL;
-
-	if (size <= 2*PAGE_SIZE)
-		mem->pages = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
-	if (mem->pages == NULL) {
-		mem->pages = vmalloc(size);
-	}
+	mem->pages = kvmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(agp_alloc_page_array);
 

index 201b52b750dd..77dd73ff126f 100644
@@ -568,9 +568,7 @@ u_memcpya(uint64_t user, unsigned nmemb, unsigned size)
 
 	size *= nmemb;
 
-	mem = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
-	if (!mem)
-		mem = vmalloc(size);
+	mem = kvmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!mem)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 

index cf2cbc211d83..d00bcb64d3a8 100644
@@ -43,11 +43,7 @@ struct closure;
 	(heap)->used = 0;						\
 	(heap)->size = (_size);						\
 	_bytes = (heap)->size * sizeof(*(heap)->data);			\
-	(heap)->data = NULL;						\
-	if (_bytes < KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE)					\
-		(heap)->data = kmalloc(_bytes, (gfp));			\
-	if ((!(heap)->data) && ((gfp) & GFP_KERNEL))			\
-		(heap)->data = vmalloc(_bytes);				\
+	(heap)->data = kvmalloc(_bytes, (gfp) & GFP_KERNEL);		\
 	(heap)->data;							\
 })
 

@@ -136,12 +132,8 @@ do {									\
 									\
 	(fifo)->mask = _allocated_size - 1;				\
 	(fifo)->front = (fifo)->back = 0;				\
-	(fifo)->data = NULL;						\
 									\
-	if (_bytes < KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE)					\
-		(fifo)->data = kmalloc(_bytes, (gfp));			\
-	if ((!(fifo)->data) && ((gfp) & GFP_KERNEL))			\
-		(fifo)->data = vmalloc(_bytes);				\
+	(fifo)->data = kvmalloc(_bytes, (gfp) & GFP_KERNEL);		\
 	(fifo)->data;							\
 })
 

index 920d918ed193..f04e81f33795 100644
@@ -41,9 +41,6 @@
 
 #define VALIDATE_TID 1
 
-void *cxgb_alloc_mem(unsigned long size);
-void cxgb_free_mem(void *addr);
-
 /*
  * Map an ATID or STID to their entries in the corresponding TID tables.
  */

index 76684dcb874c..fa81445e334c 100644
@@ -1152,27 +1152,6 @@ static void cxgb_redirect(struct dst_entry *old, struct dst_entry *new,
 }
 
 /*
- * Allocate a chunk of memory using kmalloc or, if that fails, vmalloc.
- * The allocated memory is cleared.
- */
-void *cxgb_alloc_mem(unsigned long size)
-{
-	void *p = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
-
-	if (!p)
-		p = vzalloc(size);
-	return p;
-}
-
-/*
- * Free memory allocated through t3_alloc_mem().
- */
-void cxgb_free_mem(void *addr)
-{
-	kvfree(addr);
-}
-
-/*
  * Allocate and initialize the TID tables.  Returns 0 on success.
  */
 static int init_tid_tabs(struct tid_info *t, unsigned int ntids,

@@ -1182,7 +1161,7 @@ static int init_tid_tabs(struct tid_info *t, unsigned int ntids,
 	unsigned long size = ntids * sizeof(*t->tid_tab) +
 	    natids * sizeof(*t->atid_tab) + nstids * sizeof(*t->stid_tab);
 
-	t->tid_tab = cxgb_alloc_mem(size);
+	t->tid_tab = kvzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!t->tid_tab)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 

@@ -1218,7 +1197,7 @@ static int init_tid_tabs(struct tid_info *t, unsigned int ntids,
 
 static void free_tid_maps(struct tid_info *t)
 {
-	cxgb_free_mem(t->tid_tab);
+	kvfree(t->tid_tab);
 }
 
 static inline void add_adapter(struct adapter *adap)

@@ -1293,7 +1272,7 @@ int cxgb3_offload_activate(struct adapter *adapter)
 	return 0;
 
 out_free_l2t:
-	t3_free_l2t(l2td);
+	kvfree(l2td);
 out_free:
 	kfree(t);
 	return err;

@@ -1302,7 +1281,7 @@ int cxgb3_offload_activate(struct adapter *adapter)
 static void clean_l2_data(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
 	struct l2t_data *d = container_of(head, struct l2t_data, rcu_head);
-	t3_free_l2t(d);
+	kvfree(d);
 }
 
 

index 5f226eda8cd6..f93160271917 100644
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ struct l2t_data *t3_init_l2t(unsigned int l2t_capacity)
 	struct l2t_data *d;
 	int i, size = sizeof(*d) + l2t_capacity * sizeof(struct l2t_entry);
 
-	d = cxgb_alloc_mem(size);
+	d = kvzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!d)
 		return NULL;
 

@@ -462,9 +462,3 @@ struct l2t_data *t3_init_l2t(unsigned int l2t_capacity)
 	}
 	return d;
 }
-
-void t3_free_l2t(struct l2t_data *d)
-{
-	cxgb_free_mem(d);
-}
-

index 8cffcdfd5678..c2fd323c4078 100644
@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@ int t3_l2t_send_slow(struct t3cdev *dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		     struct l2t_entry *e);
 void t3_l2t_send_event(struct t3cdev *dev, struct l2t_entry *e);
 struct l2t_data *t3_init_l2t(unsigned int l2t_capacity);
-void t3_free_l2t(struct l2t_data *d);
 
 int cxgb3_ofld_send(struct t3cdev *dev, struct sk_buff *skb);
 

index 7ad43af6bde1..3103ef9b561d 100644
@@ -290,8 +290,8 @@ struct clip_tbl *t4_init_clip_tbl(unsigned int clipt_start,
 	if (clipt_size < CLIPT_MIN_HASH_BUCKETS)
 		return NULL;
 
-	ctbl = t4_alloc_mem(sizeof(*ctbl) +
-			    clipt_size*sizeof(struct list_head));
+	ctbl = kvzalloc(sizeof(*ctbl) +
+			    clipt_size*sizeof(struct list_head), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ctbl)
 		return NULL;
 

@@ -305,9 +305,9 @@ struct clip_tbl *t4_init_clip_tbl(unsigned int clipt_start,
 	for (i = 0; i < ctbl->clipt_size; ++i)
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ctbl->hash_list[i]);
 
-	cl_list = t4_alloc_mem(clipt_size*sizeof(struct clip_entry));
+	cl_list = kvzalloc(clipt_size*sizeof(struct clip_entry), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!cl_list) {
-		t4_free_mem(ctbl);
+		kvfree(ctbl);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	ctbl->cl_list = (void *)cl_list;

@@ -326,8 +326,8 @@ void t4_cleanup_clip_tbl(struct adapter *adap)
 
 	if (ctbl) {
 		if (ctbl->cl_list)
-			t4_free_mem(ctbl->cl_list);
-		t4_free_mem(ctbl);
+			kvfree(ctbl->cl_list);
+		kvfree(ctbl);
 	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(t4_cleanup_clip_tbl);

index ccb455f14d08..129bd41a051c 100644
@@ -1296,8 +1296,6 @@ extern const char cxgb4_driver_version[];
 void t4_os_portmod_changed(const struct adapter *adap, int port_id);
 void t4_os_link_changed(struct adapter *adap, int port_id, int link_stat);
 
-void *t4_alloc_mem(size_t size);
-
 void t4_free_sge_resources(struct adapter *adap);
 void t4_free_ofld_rxqs(struct adapter *adap, int n, struct sge_ofld_rxq *q);
 irq_handler_t t4_intr_handler(struct adapter *adap);

@@ -1670,7 +1668,6 @@ int t4_sched_params(struct adapter *adapter, int type, int level, int mode,
 		    int rateunit, int ratemode, int channel, int class,
 		    int minrate, int maxrate, int weight, int pktsize);
 void t4_sge_decode_idma_state(struct adapter *adapter, int state);
-void t4_free_mem(void *addr);
 void t4_idma_monitor_init(struct adapter *adapter,
 			  struct sge_idma_monitor_state *idma);
 void t4_idma_monitor(struct adapter *adapter,

index f6e739da7bb7..1fa34b009891 100644
@@ -2634,7 +2634,7 @@ static ssize_t mem_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count,
 	if (count > avail - pos)
 		count = avail - pos;
 
-	data = t4_alloc_mem(count);
+	data = kvzalloc(count, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!data)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 

@@ -2642,12 +2642,12 @@ static ssize_t mem_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count,
 	ret = t4_memory_rw(adap, 0, mem, pos, count, data, T4_MEMORY_READ);
 	spin_unlock(&adap->win0_lock);
 	if (ret) {
-		t4_free_mem(data);
+		kvfree(data);
 		return ret;
 	}
 	ret = copy_to_user(buf, data, count);
 
-	t4_free_mem(data);
+	kvfree(data);
 	if (ret)
 		return -EFAULT;
 

@@ -2753,7 +2753,7 @@ static ssize_t blocked_fl_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf,
 		       adap->sge.egr_sz, adap->sge.blocked_fl);
 	len += sprintf(buf + len, "\n");
 	size = simple_read_from_buffer(ubuf, count, ppos, buf, len);
-	t4_free_mem(buf);
+	kvfree(buf);
 	return size;
 }
 

@@ -2773,7 +2773,7 @@ static ssize_t blocked_fl_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
 		return err;
 
 	bitmap_copy(adap->sge.blocked_fl, t, adap->sge.egr_sz);
-	t4_free_mem(t);
+	kvfree(t);
 	return count;
 }
 

index 02f80febeb91..0ba7866c8259 100644
@@ -969,7 +969,7 @@ static int get_eeprom(struct net_device *dev, struct ethtool_eeprom *e,
 {
 	int i, err = 0;
 	struct adapter *adapter = netdev2adap(dev);
-	u8 *buf = t4_alloc_mem(EEPROMSIZE);
+	u8 *buf = kvzalloc(EEPROMSIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	if (!buf)
 		return -ENOMEM;

@@ -980,7 +980,7 @@ static int get_eeprom(struct net_device *dev, struct ethtool_eeprom *e,
 
 	if (!err)
 		memcpy(data, buf + e->offset, e->len);
-	t4_free_mem(buf);
+	kvfree(buf);
 	return err;
 }
 

@@ -1009,7 +1009,7 @@ static int set_eeprom(struct net_device *dev, struct ethtool_eeprom *eeprom,
 	if (aligned_offset != eeprom->offset || aligned_len != eeprom->len) {
 		/* RMW possibly needed for first or last words.
 		 */
-		buf = t4_alloc_mem(aligned_len);
+		buf = kvzalloc(aligned_len, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!buf)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		err = eeprom_rd_phys(adapter, aligned_offset, (u32 *)buf);

@@ -1037,7 +1037,7 @@ static int set_eeprom(struct net_device *dev, struct ethtool_eeprom *eeprom,
 		err = t4_seeprom_wp(adapter, true);
 out:
 	if (buf != data)
-		t4_free_mem(buf);
+		kvfree(buf);
 	return err;
 }
 

index 49e000ebd2b9..a9f55ec139bb 100644
@@ -887,27 +887,6 @@ static int setup_sge_queues(struct adapter *adap)
 	return err;
 }
 
-/*
- * Allocate a chunk of memory using kmalloc or, if that fails, vmalloc.
- * The allocated memory is cleared.
- */
-void *t4_alloc_mem(size_t size)
-{
-	void *p = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
-
-	if (!p)
-		p = vzalloc(size);
-	return p;
-}
-
-/*
- * Free memory allocated through alloc_mem().
- */
-void t4_free_mem(void *addr)
-{
-	kvfree(addr);
-}
-
 static u16 cxgb_select_queue(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
 			     void *accel_priv, select_queue_fallback_t fallback)
 {

@@ -1306,7 +1285,7 @@ static int tid_init(struct tid_info *t)
 	       max_ftids * sizeof(*t->ftid_tab) +
 	       ftid_bmap_size * sizeof(long);
 
-	t->tid_tab = t4_alloc_mem(size);
+	t->tid_tab = kvzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!t->tid_tab)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 

@@ -3451,7 +3430,7 @@ static int adap_init0(struct adapter *adap)
 		/* allocate memory to read the header of the firmware on the
 		 * card
 		 */
-		card_fw = t4_alloc_mem(sizeof(*card_fw));
+		card_fw = kvzalloc(sizeof(*card_fw), GFP_KERNEL);
 
 		/* Get FW from from /lib/firmware/ */
 		ret = request_firmware(&fw, fw_info->fw_mod_name,

@@ -3471,7 +3450,7 @@ static int adap_init0(struct adapter *adap)
 
 		/* Cleaning up */
 		release_firmware(fw);
-		t4_free_mem(card_fw);
+		kvfree(card_fw);
 
 		if (ret < 0)
 			goto bye;

@@ -4467,9 +4446,9 @@ static void free_some_resources(struct adapter *adapter)
 {
 	unsigned int i;
 
-	t4_free_mem(adapter->l2t);
+	kvfree(adapter->l2t);
 	t4_cleanup_sched(adapter);
-	t4_free_mem(adapter->tids.tid_tab);
+	kvfree(adapter->tids.tid_tab);
 	cxgb4_cleanup_tc_u32(adapter);
 	kfree(adapter->sge.egr_map);
 	kfree(adapter->sge.ingr_map);

index 52af62e0ecb6..127f91a747b1 100644
@@ -432,9 +432,9 @@ void cxgb4_cleanup_tc_u32(struct adapter *adap)
 	for (i = 0; i < t->size; i++) {
 		struct cxgb4_link *link = &t->table[i];
 
-		t4_free_mem(link->tid_map);
+		kvfree(link->tid_map);
 	}
-	t4_free_mem(adap->tc_u32);
+	kvfree(adap->tc_u32);
 }
 
 struct cxgb4_tc_u32_table *cxgb4_init_tc_u32(struct adapter *adap,

@@ -446,8 +446,7 @@ struct cxgb4_tc_u32_table *cxgb4_init_tc_u32(struct adapter *adap,
 	if (!size)
 		return NULL;
 
-	t = t4_alloc_mem(sizeof(*t) +
-			 (size * sizeof(struct cxgb4_link)));
+	t = kvzalloc(sizeof(*t) + (size * sizeof(struct cxgb4_link)), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!t)
 		return NULL;
 

@@ -460,7 +459,7 @@ struct cxgb4_tc_u32_table *cxgb4_init_tc_u32(struct adapter *adap,
 
 		max_tids = adap->tids.nftids;
 		bmap_size = BITS_TO_LONGS(max_tids);
-		link->tid_map = t4_alloc_mem(sizeof(unsigned long) * bmap_size);
+		link->tid_map = kvzalloc(sizeof(unsigned long) * bmap_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!link->tid_map)
 			goto out_no_mem;
 		bitmap_zero(link->tid_map, max_tids);

@@ -473,11 +472,11 @@ struct cxgb4_tc_u32_table *cxgb4_init_tc_u32(struct adapter *adap,
 		struct cxgb4_link *link = &t->table[i];
 
 		if (link->tid_map)
-			t4_free_mem(link->tid_map);
+			kvfree(link->tid_map);
 	}
 
 	if (t)
-		t4_free_mem(t);
+		kvfree(t);
 
 	return NULL;
 }

index 60a26037a1c6..fb593a1a751e 100644
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ struct l2t_data *t4_init_l2t(unsigned int l2t_start, unsigned int l2t_end)
 	if (l2t_size < L2T_MIN_HASH_BUCKETS)
 		return NULL;
 
-	d = t4_alloc_mem(sizeof(*d) + l2t_size * sizeof(struct l2t_entry));
+	d = kvzalloc(sizeof(*d) + l2t_size * sizeof(struct l2t_entry), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!d)
 		return NULL;
 

index c9026352a842..02acff741f11 100644
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ static int t4_sched_queue_unbind(struct port_info *pi, struct ch_sched_queue *p)
 		}
 
 		list_del(&qe->list);
-		t4_free_mem(qe);
+		kvfree(qe);
 		if (atomic_dec_and_test(&e->refcnt)) {
 			e->state = SCHED_STATE_UNUSED;
 			memset(&e->info, 0, sizeof(e->info));

@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ static int t4_sched_queue_bind(struct port_info *pi, struct ch_sched_queue *p)
 	if (p->queue < 0 || p->queue >= pi->nqsets)
 		return -ERANGE;
 
-	qe = t4_alloc_mem(sizeof(struct sched_queue_entry));
+	qe = kvzalloc(sizeof(struct sched_queue_entry), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!qe)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 

@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ static int t4_sched_queue_bind(struct port_info *pi, struct ch_sched_queue *p)
 	/* Unbind queue from any existing class */
 	err = t4_sched_queue_unbind(pi, p);
 	if (err) {
-		t4_free_mem(qe);
+		kvfree(qe);
 		goto out;
 	}
 

@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ static int t4_sched_queue_bind(struct port_info *pi, struct ch_sched_queue *p)
 	spin_lock(&e->lock);
 	err = t4_sched_bind_unbind_op(pi, (void *)qe, SCHED_QUEUE, true);
 	if (err) {
-		t4_free_mem(qe);
+		kvfree(qe);
 		spin_unlock(&e->lock);
 		goto out;
 	}

@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ struct sched_table *t4_init_sched(unsigned int sched_size)
 	struct sched_table *s;
 	unsigned int i;
 
-	s = t4_alloc_mem(sizeof(*s) + sched_size * sizeof(struct sched_class));
+	s = kvzalloc(sizeof(*s) + sched_size * sizeof(struct sched_class), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!s)
 		return NULL;
 

@@ -548,6 +548,6 @@ void t4_cleanup_sched(struct adapter *adap)
 				t4_sched_class_free(pi, e);
 			write_unlock(&s->rw_lock);
 		}
-		t4_free_mem(s);
+		kvfree(s);
 	}
 }

index 5886ad78058f..a5c1b815145e 100644
@@ -70,13 +70,10 @@ int mlx4_en_create_tx_ring(struct mlx4_en_priv *priv,
 	ring->full_size = ring->size - HEADROOM - MAX_DESC_TXBBS;
 
 	tmp = size * sizeof(struct mlx4_en_tx_info);
-	ring->tx_info = kmalloc_node(tmp, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN, node);
+	ring->tx_info = kvmalloc_node(tmp, GFP_KERNEL, node);
 	if (!ring->tx_info) {
-		ring->tx_info = vmalloc(tmp);
-		if (!ring->tx_info) {
-			err = -ENOMEM;
-			goto err_ring;
-		}
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto err_ring;
 	}
 
 	en_dbg(DRV, priv, "Allocated tx_info ring at addr:%p size:%d\n",

index 395b5463cfd9..6583d4601480 100644
@@ -115,12 +115,9 @@ static int mlx4_buddy_init(struct mlx4_buddy *buddy, int max_order)
 
 	for (i = 0; i <= buddy->max_order; ++i) {
 		s = BITS_TO_LONGS(1 << (buddy->max_order - i));
-		buddy->bits[i] = kcalloc(s, sizeof (long), GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
-		if (!buddy->bits[i]) {
-			buddy->bits[i] = vzalloc(s * sizeof(long));
-			if (!buddy->bits[i])
-				goto err_out_free;
-		}
+		buddy->bits[i] = kvmalloc_array(s, sizeof(long), GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
+		if (!buddy->bits[i])
+			goto err_out_free;
 	}
 
 	set_bit(0, buddy->bits[buddy->max_order]);

index 0eedc49e0d47..3bd332b167d9 100644
@@ -102,10 +102,7 @@ int nvdimm_init_config_data(struct nvdimm_drvdata *ndd)
 		return -ENXIO;
 	}
 
-	ndd->data = kmalloc(ndd->nsarea.config_size, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!ndd->data)
-		ndd->data = vmalloc(ndd->nsarea.config_size);
-
+	ndd->data = kvmalloc(ndd->nsarea.config_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ndd->data)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 

index a6a76a681ea9..8f638267e704 100644
@@ -45,15 +45,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(libcfs_kvzalloc);
 void *libcfs_kvzalloc_cpt(struct cfs_cpt_table *cptab, int cpt, size_t size,
 			  gfp_t flags)
 {
-	void *ret;
-
-	ret = kzalloc_node(size, flags | __GFP_NOWARN,
-			   cfs_cpt_spread_node(cptab, cpt));
-	if (!ret) {
-		WARN_ON(!(flags & (__GFP_FS | __GFP_HIGH)));
-		ret = vmalloc_node(size, cfs_cpt_spread_node(cptab, cpt));
-	}
-
-	return ret;
+	return kvzalloc_node(size, flags, cfs_cpt_spread_node(cptab, cpt));
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(libcfs_kvzalloc_cpt);

index 6890897a6f30..10f1ef582659 100644
@@ -87,18 +87,6 @@ struct user_evtchn {
 	bool enabled;
 };
 
-static evtchn_port_t *evtchn_alloc_ring(unsigned int size)
-{
-	evtchn_port_t *ring;
-	size_t s = size * sizeof(*ring);
-
-	ring = kmalloc(s, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!ring)
-		ring = vmalloc(s);
-
-	return ring;
-}
-
 static void evtchn_free_ring(evtchn_port_t *ring)
 {
 	kvfree(ring);

@@ -334,7 +322,7 @@ static int evtchn_resize_ring(struct per_user_data *u)
 	else
 		new_size = 2 * u->ring_size;
 
-	new_ring = evtchn_alloc_ring(new_size);
+	new_ring = kvmalloc(new_size * sizeof(*new_ring), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!new_ring)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 

index 72dd200f0478..72f2cf234ce2 100644
@@ -5393,13 +5393,10 @@ int btrfs_compare_trees(struct btrfs_root *left_root,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	tmp_buf = kmalloc(fs_info->nodesize, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
+	tmp_buf = kvmalloc(fs_info->nodesize, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!tmp_buf) {
-		tmp_buf = vmalloc(fs_info->nodesize);
-		if (!tmp_buf) {
-			ret = -ENOMEM;
-			goto out;
-		}
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	left_path->search_commit_root = 1;

index 99b1cce24eff..8f97bcc9e011 100644
@@ -3536,12 +3536,9 @@ static int btrfs_clone(struct inode *src, struct inode *inode,
 	u64 last_dest_end = destoff;
 
 	ret = -ENOMEM;
-	buf = kmalloc(fs_info->nodesize, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
-	if (!buf) {
-		buf = vmalloc(fs_info->nodesize);
-		if (!buf)
-			return ret;
-	}
+	buf = kvmalloc(fs_info->nodesize, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!buf)
+		return ret;
 
 	path = btrfs_alloc_path();
 	if (!path) {

index 712922ea64d2..abbe7c6ac773 100644
@@ -6271,22 +6271,16 @@ long btrfs_ioctl_send(struct file *mnt_file, void __user *arg_)
 	sctx->clone_roots_cnt = arg->clone_sources_count;
 
 	sctx->send_max_size = BTRFS_SEND_BUF_SIZE;
-	sctx->send_buf = kmalloc(sctx->send_max_size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
+	sctx->send_buf = kvmalloc(sctx->send_max_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!sctx->send_buf) {
-		sctx->send_buf = vmalloc(sctx->send_max_size);
-		if (!sctx->send_buf) {
-			ret = -ENOMEM;
-			goto out;
-		}
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
-	sctx->read_buf = kmalloc(BTRFS_SEND_READ_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
+	sctx->read_buf = kvmalloc(BTRFS_SEND_READ_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!sctx->read_buf) {
-		sctx->read_buf = vmalloc(BTRFS_SEND_READ_SIZE);
-		if (!sctx->read_buf) {
-			ret = -ENOMEM;
-			goto out;
-		}
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	sctx->pending_dir_moves = RB_ROOT;

@@ -6307,13 +6301,10 @@ long btrfs_ioctl_send(struct file *mnt_file, void __user *arg_)
 	alloc_size = arg->clone_sources_count * sizeof(*arg->clone_sources);
 
 	if (arg->clone_sources_count) {
-		clone_sources_tmp = kmalloc(alloc_size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
+		clone_sources_tmp = kvmalloc(alloc_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!clone_sources_tmp) {
-			clone_sources_tmp = vmalloc(alloc_size);
-			if (!clone_sources_tmp) {
-				ret = -ENOMEM;
-				goto out;
-			}
+			ret = -ENOMEM;
+			goto out;
 		}
 
 		ret = copy_from_user(clone_sources_tmp, arg->clone_sources,

index 045d30d26624..78b18acf33ba 100644
@@ -74,12 +74,9 @@ dio_get_pages_alloc(const struct iov_iter *it, size_t nbytes,
 	align = (unsigned long)(it->iov->iov_base + it->iov_offset) &
 		(PAGE_SIZE - 1);
 	npages = calc_pages_for(align, nbytes);
-	pages = kmalloc(sizeof(*pages) * npages, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!pages) {
-		pages = vmalloc(sizeof(*pages) * npages);
-		if (!pages)
-			return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	}
+	pages = kvmalloc(sizeof(*pages) * npages, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!pages)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
 	for (idx = 0; idx < npages; ) {
 		size_t start;

index 305c0daf5d67..9e8e1189eb99 100644
@@ -586,10 +586,7 @@ int core_sys_select(int n, fd_set __user *inp, fd_set __user *outp,
 			goto out_nofds;
 
 		alloc_size = 6 * size;
-		bits = kmalloc(alloc_size, GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_NOWARN);
-		if (!bits && alloc_size > PAGE_SIZE)
-			bits = vmalloc(alloc_size);
-
+		bits = kvmalloc(alloc_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!bits)
 			goto out_nofds;
 	}

index 7e3317cf4045..464c94bf65f9 100644
@@ -431,12 +431,9 @@ setxattr(struct dentry *d, const char __user *name, const void __user *value,
 	if (size) {
 		if (size > XATTR_SIZE_MAX)
 			return -E2BIG;
-		kvalue = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
-		if (!kvalue) {
-			kvalue = vmalloc(size);
-			if (!kvalue)
-				return -ENOMEM;
-		}
+		kvalue = kvmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!kvalue)
+			return -ENOMEM;
 		if (copy_from_user(kvalue, value, size)) {
 			error = -EFAULT;
 			goto out;

@@ -528,12 +525,9 @@ getxattr(struct dentry *d, const char __user *name, void __user *value,
 	if (size) {
 		if (size > XATTR_SIZE_MAX)
 			size = XATTR_SIZE_MAX;
-		kvalue = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
-		if (!kvalue) {
-			kvalue = vmalloc(size);
-			if (!kvalue)
-				return -ENOMEM;
-		}
+		kvalue = kvzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!kvalue)
+			return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
 	error = vfs_getxattr(d, kname, kvalue, size);

@@ -611,12 +605,9 @@ listxattr(struct dentry *d, char __user *list, size_t size)
 	if (size) {
 		if (size > XATTR_LIST_MAX)
 			size = XATTR_LIST_MAX;
-		klist = kmalloc(size, __GFP_NOWARN | GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!klist) {
-			klist = vmalloc(size);
-			if (!klist)
-				return -ENOMEM;
-		}
+		klist = kvmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!klist)
+			return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
 	error = vfs_listxattr(d, klist, size);

index 2fcff6b4503f..48d8b66a0efe 100644
@@ -890,12 +890,7 @@ static inline u16 cmdif_rev(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
 
 static inline void *mlx5_vzalloc(unsigned long size)
 {
-	void *rtn;
-
-	rtn = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
-	if (!rtn)
-		rtn = vzalloc(size);
-	return rtn;
+	return kvzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 }
 
 static inline u32 mlx5_base_mkey(const u32 key)

index 0d9fdc0a2a7b..df82a2f34bc8 100644
@@ -512,6 +512,14 @@ static inline void *kvzalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
 	return kvmalloc(size, flags | __GFP_ZERO);
 }
 
+static inline void *kvmalloc_array(size_t n, size_t size, gfp_t flags)
+{
+	if (size != 0 && n > SIZE_MAX / size)
+		return NULL;
+
+	return kvmalloc(n * size, flags);
+}
+
 extern void kvfree(const void *addr);
 
 static inline atomic_t *compound_mapcount_ptr(struct page *page)

index e68604ae3ced..4b2b3f5b3380 100644
@@ -965,10 +965,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(iov_iter_get_pages);
 
 static struct page **get_pages_array(size_t n)
 {
-	struct page **p = kmalloc(n * sizeof(struct page *), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!p)
-		p = vmalloc(n * sizeof(struct page *));
-	return p;
+	return kvmalloc_array(n, sizeof(struct page *), GFP_KERNEL);
 }
 
 static ssize_t pipe_get_pages_alloc(struct iov_iter *i,

index db77dcb38afd..72ebec18629c 100644
@@ -200,10 +200,7 @@ struct frame_vector *frame_vector_create(unsigned int nr_frames)
 	 * Avoid higher order allocations, use vmalloc instead. It should
 	 * be rare anyway.
 	 */
-	if (size <= PAGE_SIZE)
-		vec = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
-	else
-		vec = vmalloc(size);
+	vec = kvmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!vec)
 		return NULL;
 	vec->nr_allocated = nr_frames;

index 8bea74298173..e9a59d2d91d4 100644
@@ -678,11 +678,7 @@ int inet_ehash_locks_alloc(struct inet_hashinfo *hashinfo)
 		/* no more locks than number of hash buckets */
 		nblocks = min(nblocks, hashinfo->ehash_mask + 1);
 
-		hashinfo->ehash_locks =	kmalloc_array(nblocks, locksz,
-						      GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
-		if (!hashinfo->ehash_locks)
-			hashinfo->ehash_locks = vmalloc(nblocks * locksz);
-
+		hashinfo->ehash_locks = kvmalloc_array(nblocks, locksz, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!hashinfo->ehash_locks)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 

index b9ed0d50aead..d6992003bb8c 100644
@@ -1153,10 +1153,7 @@ static int __net_init tcp_net_metrics_init(struct net *net)
 	tcp_metrics_hash_log = order_base_2(slots);
 	size = sizeof(struct tcpm_hash_bucket) << tcp_metrics_hash_log;
 
-	tcp_metrics_hash = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
-	if (!tcp_metrics_hash)
-		tcp_metrics_hash = vzalloc(size);
-
+	tcp_metrics_hash = kvzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!tcp_metrics_hash)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 

index 64d3bf269a26..1b8dad9dc7fd 100644
@@ -1653,10 +1653,7 @@ static int resize_platform_label_table(struct net *net, size_t limit)
 	unsigned index;
 
 	if (size) {
-		labels = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_NORETRY);
-		if (!labels)
-			labels = vzalloc(size);
-
+		labels = kvzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!labels)
 			goto nolabels;
 	}

index 14857afc9937..d529989f5791 100644
@@ -763,17 +763,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(xt_check_entry_offsets);
  */
 unsigned int *xt_alloc_entry_offsets(unsigned int size)
 {
-	unsigned int *off;
+	return kvmalloc_array(size, sizeof(unsigned int), GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
 
-	off = kcalloc(size, sizeof(unsigned int), GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
-
-	if (off)
-		return off;
-
-	if (size < (SIZE_MAX / sizeof(unsigned int)))
-		off = vmalloc(size * sizeof(unsigned int));
-
-	return off;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(xt_alloc_entry_offsets);
 

@@ -1114,7 +1105,7 @@ static int xt_jumpstack_alloc(struct xt_table_info *i)
 
 	size = sizeof(void **) * nr_cpu_ids;
 	if (size > PAGE_SIZE)
-		i->jumpstack = vzalloc(size);
+		i->jumpstack = kvzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	else
 		i->jumpstack = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (i->jumpstack == NULL)

@@ -1136,12 +1127,8 @@ static int xt_jumpstack_alloc(struct xt_table_info *i)
 	 */
 	size = sizeof(void *) * i->stacksize * 2u;
 	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
-		if (size > PAGE_SIZE)
-			i->jumpstack[cpu] = vmalloc_node(size,
-				cpu_to_node(cpu));
-		else
-			i->jumpstack[cpu] = kmalloc_node(size,
-				GFP_KERNEL, cpu_to_node(cpu));
+		i->jumpstack[cpu] = kvmalloc_node(size, GFP_KERNEL,
+			cpu_to_node(cpu));
 		if (i->jumpstack[cpu] == NULL)
 			/*
 			 * Freeing will be done later on by the callers. The

index 1d89a4eaf841..d6aa8f63ed2e 100644
@@ -388,10 +388,7 @@ static int recent_mt_check(const struct xt_mtchk_param *par,
 	}
 
 	sz = sizeof(*t) + sizeof(t->iphash[0]) * ip_list_hash_size;
-	if (sz <= PAGE_SIZE)
-		t = kzalloc(sz, GFP_KERNEL);
-	else
-		t = vzalloc(sz);
+	t = kvzalloc(sz, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (t == NULL) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out;

index 3b6d5bd69101..47cbfae44898 100644
@@ -431,10 +431,7 @@ static int choke_change(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt)
 	if (mask != q->tab_mask) {
 		struct sk_buff **ntab;
 
-		ntab = kcalloc(mask + 1, sizeof(struct sk_buff *),
-			       GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
-		if (!ntab)
-			ntab = vzalloc((mask + 1) * sizeof(struct sk_buff *));
+		ntab = kvmalloc_array((mask + 1), sizeof(struct sk_buff *), GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
 		if (!ntab)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 

index 2f50e4c72fb4..67d8dfc80bbb 100644
@@ -446,27 +446,13 @@ static int fq_codel_change(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void *fq_codel_zalloc(size_t sz)
-{
-	void *ptr = kzalloc(sz, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
-
-	if (!ptr)
-		ptr = vzalloc(sz);
-	return ptr;
-}
-
-static void fq_codel_free(void *addr)
-{
-	kvfree(addr);
-}
-
 static void fq_codel_destroy(struct Qdisc *sch)
 {
 	struct fq_codel_sched_data *q = qdisc_priv(sch);
 
 	tcf_destroy_chain(&q->filter_list);
-	fq_codel_free(q->backlogs);
-	fq_codel_free(q->flows);
+	kvfree(q->backlogs);
+	kvfree(q->flows);
 }
 
 static int fq_codel_init(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt)

@@ -493,13 +479,13 @@ static int fq_codel_init(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt)
 	}
 
 	if (!q->flows) {
-		q->flows = fq_codel_zalloc(q->flows_cnt *
-					   sizeof(struct fq_codel_flow));
+		q->flows = kvzalloc(q->flows_cnt *
+					   sizeof(struct fq_codel_flow), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!q->flows)
 			return -ENOMEM;
-		q->backlogs = fq_codel_zalloc(q->flows_cnt * sizeof(u32));
+		q->backlogs = kvzalloc(q->flows_cnt * sizeof(u32), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!q->backlogs) {
-			fq_codel_free(q->flows);
+			kvfree(q->flows);
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		}
 		for (i = 0; i < q->flows_cnt; i++) {

index e3d0458af17b..2454055c737e 100644
@@ -467,29 +467,14 @@ static void hhf_reset(struct Qdisc *sch)
 		rtnl_kfree_skbs(skb, skb);
 }
 
-static void *hhf_zalloc(size_t sz)
-{
-	void *ptr = kzalloc(sz, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
-
-	if (!ptr)
-		ptr = vzalloc(sz);
-
-	return ptr;
-}
-
-static void hhf_free(void *addr)
-{
-	kvfree(addr);
-}
-
 static void hhf_destroy(struct Qdisc *sch)
 {
 	int i;
 	struct hhf_sched_data *q = qdisc_priv(sch);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < HHF_ARRAYS_CNT; i++) {
-		hhf_free(q->hhf_arrays[i]);
-		hhf_free(q->hhf_valid_bits[i]);
+		kvfree(q->hhf_arrays[i]);
+		kvfree(q->hhf_valid_bits[i]);
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < HH_FLOWS_CNT; i++) {

@@ -503,7 +488,7 @@ static void hhf_destroy(struct Qdisc *sch)
 			kfree(flow);
 		}
 	}
-	hhf_free(q->hh_flows);
+	kvfree(q->hh_flows);
 }
 
 static const struct nla_policy hhf_policy[TCA_HHF_MAX + 1] = {

@@ -609,8 +594,8 @@ static int hhf_init(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt)
 
 	if (!q->hh_flows) {
 		/* Initialize heavy-hitter flow table. */
-		q->hh_flows = hhf_zalloc(HH_FLOWS_CNT *
-					 sizeof(struct list_head));
+		q->hh_flows = kvzalloc(HH_FLOWS_CNT *
+					 sizeof(struct list_head), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!q->hh_flows)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		for (i = 0; i < HH_FLOWS_CNT; i++)

@@ -624,8 +609,8 @@ static int hhf_init(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt)
 
 		/* Initialize heavy-hitter filter arrays. */
 		for (i = 0; i < HHF_ARRAYS_CNT; i++) {
-			q->hhf_arrays[i] = hhf_zalloc(HHF_ARRAYS_LEN *
-						      sizeof(u32));
+			q->hhf_arrays[i] = kvzalloc(HHF_ARRAYS_LEN *
+						      sizeof(u32), GFP_KERNEL);
 			if (!q->hhf_arrays[i]) {
 				hhf_destroy(sch);
 				return -ENOMEM;

@@ -635,8 +620,8 @@ static int hhf_init(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt)
 
 		/* Initialize valid bits of heavy-hitter filter arrays. */
 		for (i = 0; i < HHF_ARRAYS_CNT; i++) {
-			q->hhf_valid_bits[i] = hhf_zalloc(HHF_ARRAYS_LEN /
-							  BITS_PER_BYTE);
+			q->hhf_valid_bits[i] = kvzalloc(HHF_ARRAYS_LEN /
+							  BITS_PER_BYTE, GFP_KERNEL);
 			if (!q->hhf_valid_bits[i]) {
 				hhf_destroy(sch);
 				return -ENOMEM;

index c8bb62a1e744..7abc01ef537c 100644
@@ -692,15 +692,11 @@ static int get_dist_table(struct Qdisc *sch, const struct nlattr *attr)
 	spinlock_t *root_lock;
 	struct disttable *d;
 	int i;
-	size_t s;
 
 	if (n > NETEM_DIST_MAX)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	s = sizeof(struct disttable) + n * sizeof(s16);
-	d = kmalloc(s, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
-	if (!d)
-		d = vmalloc(s);
+	d = kvmalloc(sizeof(struct disttable) + n * sizeof(s16), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!d)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 

index 7f195ed4d568..5d70cd6a032d 100644
@@ -684,11 +684,7 @@ static int sfq_change(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt)
 
 static void *sfq_alloc(size_t sz)
 {
-	void *ptr = kmalloc(sz, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
-
-	if (!ptr)
-		ptr = vmalloc(sz);
-	return ptr;
+	return  kvmalloc(sz, GFP_KERNEL);
 }
 
 static void sfq_free(void *addr)

index 38c00e867bda..a5c21f05ece4 100644
@@ -99,14 +99,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(add_key, const char __user *, _type,
 
 	if (_payload) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		payload = kmalloc(plen, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
-		if (!payload) {
-			if (plen <= PAGE_SIZE)
-				goto error2;
-			payload = vmalloc(plen);
-			if (!payload)
-				goto error2;
-		}
+		payload = kvmalloc(plen, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!payload)
+			goto error2;
 
 		ret = -EFAULT;
 		if (copy_from_user(payload, _payload, plen) != 0)

@@ -1064,14 +1059,9 @@ long keyctl_instantiate_key_common(key_serial_t id,
 
 	if (from) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		payload = kmalloc(plen, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!payload) {
-			if (plen <= PAGE_SIZE)
-				goto error;
-			payload = vmalloc(plen);
-			if (!payload)
-				goto error;
-		}
+		payload = kvmalloc(plen, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!payload)
+			goto error;
 
 		ret = -EFAULT;
 		if (!copy_from_iter_full(payload, plen, from))

index be11abac89b3..707e730821a6 100644
@@ -7081,12 +7081,10 @@ static int netif_alloc_rx_queues(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	BUG_ON(count < 1);
 
-	rx = kzalloc(sz, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_REPEAT);
-	if (!rx) {
-		rx = vzalloc(sz);
-		if (!rx)
-			return -ENOMEM;
-	}
+	rx = kvzalloc(sz, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_REPEAT);
+	if (!rx)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	dev->_rx = rx;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < count; i++)

@@ -7123,12 +7121,10 @@ static int netif_alloc_netdev_queues(struct net_device *dev)
 	if (count < 1 || count > 0xffff)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	tx = kzalloc(sz, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_REPEAT);
-	if (!tx) {
-		tx = vzalloc(sz);
-		if (!tx)
-			return -ENOMEM;
-	}
+	tx = kvzalloc(sz, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_REPEAT);
+	if (!tx)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	dev->_tx = tx;
 
 	netdev_for_each_tx_queue(dev, netdev_init_one_queue, NULL);

@@ -7661,9 +7657,7 @@ struct net_device *alloc_netdev_mqs(int sizeof_priv, const char *name,
 	/* ensure 32-byte alignment of whole construct */
 	alloc_size += NETDEV_ALIGN - 1;
 
-	p = kzalloc(alloc_size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_REPEAT);
-	if (!p)
-		p = vzalloc(alloc_size);
+	p = kvzalloc(alloc_size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_REPEAT);
 	if (!p)
 		return NULL;
 

index a4f738ac7728..594f77d89f6c 100644
@@ -624,16 +624,6 @@ static void fq_rehash(struct fq_sched_data *q,
 	q->stat_gc_flows += fcnt;
 }
 
-static void *fq_alloc_node(size_t sz, int node)
-{
-	void *ptr;
-
-	ptr = kmalloc_node(sz, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_REPEAT | __GFP_NOWARN, node);
-	if (!ptr)
-		ptr = vmalloc_node(sz, node);
-	return ptr;
-}
-
 static void fq_free(void *addr)
 {
 	kvfree(addr);

@@ -650,7 +640,7 @@ static int fq_resize(struct Qdisc *sch, u32 log)
 		return 0;
 
 	/* If XPS was setup, we can allocate memory on right NUMA node */
-	array = fq_alloc_node(sizeof(struct rb_root) << log,
+	array = kvmalloc_node(sizeof(struct rb_root) << log, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_REPEAT,
 			      netdev_queue_numa_node_read(sch->dev_queue));
 	if (!array)
 		return -ENOMEM;

index a5a9b17f0f7f..dbf5b981f7d7 100644
@@ -1698,6 +1698,7 @@ static int copy_params(struct dm_ioctl __user *user, struct dm_ioctl *param_kern
 	struct dm_ioctl *dmi;
 	int secure_data;
 	const size_t minimum_data_size = offsetof(struct dm_ioctl, data);
+	unsigned noio_flag;
 
 	if (copy_from_user(param_kernel, user, minimum_data_size))
 		return -EFAULT;

@@ -1720,15 +1721,9 @@ static int copy_params(struct dm_ioctl __user *user, struct dm_ioctl *param_kern
 	 * Use kmalloc() rather than vmalloc() when we can.
 	 */
 	dmi = NULL;
-	if (param_kernel->data_size <= KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE)
-		dmi = kmalloc(param_kernel->data_size, GFP_NOIO | __GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_NOMEMALLOC | __GFP_NOWARN);
-
-	if (!dmi) {
-		unsigned noio_flag;
-		noio_flag = memalloc_noio_save();
-		dmi = __vmalloc(param_kernel->data_size, GFP_NOIO | __GFP_HIGH | __GFP_HIGHMEM, PAGE_KERNEL);
-		memalloc_noio_restore(noio_flag);
-	}
+	noio_flag = memalloc_noio_save();
+	dmi = kvmalloc(param_kernel->data_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	memalloc_noio_restore(noio_flag);
 
 	if (!dmi) {
 		if (secure_data && clear_user(user, param_kernel->data_size))

index 3a19cbc8b230..4cb6b88a1465 100644
@@ -767,16 +767,12 @@ static int bcache_device_init(struct bcache_device *d, unsigned block_size,
 	}
 
 	n = d->nr_stripes * sizeof(atomic_t);
-	d->stripe_sectors_dirty = n < PAGE_SIZE << 6
-		? kzalloc(n, GFP_KERNEL)
-		: vzalloc(n);
+	d->stripe_sectors_dirty = kvzalloc(n, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!d->stripe_sectors_dirty)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	n = BITS_TO_LONGS(d->nr_stripes) * sizeof(unsigned long);
-	d->full_dirty_stripes = n < PAGE_SIZE << 6
-		? kzalloc(n, GFP_KERNEL)
-		: vzalloc(n);
+	d->full_dirty_stripes = kvzalloc(n, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!d->full_dirty_stripes)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 

index 08a4d287226b..3d38c7a51e1a 100644
@@ -54,21 +54,12 @@ void bpf_register_map_type(struct bpf_map_type_list *tl)
 
 void *bpf_map_area_alloc(size_t size)
 {
-	/* We definitely need __GFP_NORETRY, so OOM killer doesn't
-	 * trigger under memory pressure as we really just want to
-	 * fail instead.
+	/*
+	 * FIXME: we would really like to not trigger the OOM killer and rather
+	 * fail instead. This is not supported right now. Please nag MM people
+	 * if these OOM start bothering people.
 	 */
-	const gfp_t flags = __GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_ZERO;
-	void *area;
-
-	if (size <= (PAGE_SIZE << PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER)) {
-		area = kmalloc(size, GFP_USER | flags);
-		if (area != NULL)
-			return area;
-	}
-
-	return __vmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_HIGHMEM | flags,
-			 PAGE_KERNEL);
+	return kvzalloc(size, GFP_USER);
 }
 
 void bpf_map_area_free(void *area)

index d529989f5791..ba8ba633da72 100644
@@ -995,16 +995,12 @@ struct xt_table_info *xt_alloc_table_info(unsigned int size)
 	if ((SMP_ALIGN(size) >> PAGE_SHIFT) + 2 > totalram_pages)
 		return NULL;
 
-	if (sz <= (PAGE_SIZE << PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER))
-		info = kmalloc(sz, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_NORETRY);
-	if (!info) {
-		info = __vmalloc(sz, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN |
-				     __GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_HIGHMEM,
-				 PAGE_KERNEL);
-		if (!info)
-			return NULL;
-	}
-	memset(info, 0, sizeof(*info));
+	/*
+	 * FIXME: we would really like to not trigger the OOM killer and rather
+	 * fail instead. This is not supported right now. Please nag MM people
+	 * if these OOM start bothering people.
+	 */
+	info = kvzalloc(sz, GFP_KERNEL);
 	info->size = size;
 	return info;
 }