diff -Naur ktap-master.old/runtime/kp_obj.c ktap-master/runtime/kp_obj.c
--- ktap-master.old/runtime/kp_obj.c	2015-12-03 15:26:28.000000000 -0800
+++ ktap-master/runtime/kp_obj.c	2016-04-22 20:03:46.509227970 -0700
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 
 /* memory allocation flag */
 #define KTAP_ALLOC_FLAGS ((GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_NOWARN) \
-			 & ~__GFP_WAIT)
+			 & ~__GFP_RECLAIM)
 
 /*
  * TODO: It's not safe to call into facilities in the kernel at-large,