vmalloc(): adjust gfp mask passed on nested vmalloc() invocation

- avoid wasting more precious resources (DMA or DMA32 pools), when
  being called through vmalloc_32{,_user}()
- explicitly allow using high memory here even if the outer allocation
  request doesn't allow it

Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Hugh Dickins <[email protected]>
Cc: Nick Piggin <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>

mm/vmalloc.c

@@ -1411,20 +1411,19 @@ static void *__vmalloc_area_node(struct vm_struct *area, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 {
 	struct page **pages;
 	unsigned int nr_pages, array_size, i;
+	gfp_t nested_gfp = (gfp_mask & GFP_RECLAIM_MASK) | __GFP_ZERO;
 
 	nr_pages = (area->size - PAGE_SIZE) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	array_size = (nr_pages * sizeof(struct page *));
 
 	area->nr_pages = nr_pages;
 	/* Please note that the recursion is strictly bounded. */
 	if (array_size > PAGE_SIZE) {
-		pages = __vmalloc_node(array_size, 1, gfp_mask | __GFP_ZERO,
+		pages = __vmalloc_node(array_size, 1, nested_gfp|__GFP_HIGHMEM,
 				PAGE_KERNEL, node, caller);
 		area->flags |= VM_VPAGES;
 	} else {
-		pages = kmalloc_node(array_size,
-				(gfp_mask & GFP_RECLAIM_MASK) | __GFP_ZERO,
-				node);
+		pages = kmalloc_node(array_size, nested_gfp, node);
 	}
 	area->pages = pages;
 	area->caller = caller;