diff --git a/fs/xfs/Makefile b/fs/xfs/Makefile
index fbe3cdc79036..35a23427055b 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/Makefile
+++ b/fs/xfs/Makefile
@@ -92,8 +92,7 @@ xfs-y				+= xfs_aops.o \
 				   xfs_symlink.o \
 				   xfs_sysfs.o \
 				   xfs_trans.o \
-				   xfs_xattr.o \
-				   kmem.o
+				   xfs_xattr.o
 
 # low-level transaction/log code
 xfs-y				+= xfs_log.o \
diff --git a/fs/xfs/kmem.c b/fs/xfs/kmem.c
deleted file mode 100644
index c557a030acfe..000000000000
--- a/fs/xfs/kmem.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Silicon Graphics, Inc.
- * All Rights Reserved.
- */
-#include "xfs.h"
-#include "xfs_message.h"
-#include "xfs_trace.h"
-
-void *
-kmem_alloc(size_t size, xfs_km_flags_t flags)
-{
-	int	retries = 0;
-	gfp_t	lflags = kmem_flags_convert(flags);
-	void	*ptr;
-
-	trace_kmem_alloc(size, flags, _RET_IP_);
-
-	do {
-		ptr = kmalloc(size, lflags);
-		if (ptr || (flags & KM_MAYFAIL))
-			return ptr;
-		if (!(++retries % 100))
-			xfs_err(NULL,
-	"%s(%u) possible memory allocation deadlock size %u in %s (mode:0x%x)",
-				current->comm, current->pid,
-				(unsigned int)size, __func__, lflags);
-		memalloc_retry_wait(lflags);
-	} while (1);
-}
diff --git a/fs/xfs/kmem.h b/fs/xfs/kmem.h
index bce31182c9e8..1343f1a6f99b 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/kmem.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/kmem.h
@@ -15,48 +15,6 @@
  * General memory allocation interfaces
  */
 
-typedef unsigned __bitwise xfs_km_flags_t;
-#define KM_NOFS		((__force xfs_km_flags_t)0x0004u)
-#define KM_MAYFAIL	((__force xfs_km_flags_t)0x0008u)
-#define KM_ZERO		((__force xfs_km_flags_t)0x0010u)
-#define KM_NOLOCKDEP	((__force xfs_km_flags_t)0x0020u)
-
-/*
- * We use a special process flag to avoid recursive callbacks into
- * the filesystem during transactions.  We will also issue our own
- * warnings, so we explicitly skip any generic ones (silly of us).
- */
-static inline gfp_t
-kmem_flags_convert(xfs_km_flags_t flags)
-{
-	gfp_t	lflags;
-
-	BUG_ON(flags & ~(KM_NOFS | KM_MAYFAIL | KM_ZERO | KM_NOLOCKDEP));
-
-	lflags = GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN;
-	if (flags & KM_NOFS)
-		lflags &= ~__GFP_FS;
-
-	/*
-	 * Default page/slab allocator behavior is to retry for ever
-	 * for small allocations. We can override this behavior by using
-	 * __GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL which will tell the allocator to retry as long
-	 * as it is feasible but rather fail than retry forever for all
-	 * request sizes.
-	 */
-	if (flags & KM_MAYFAIL)
-		lflags |= __GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL;
-
-	if (flags & KM_ZERO)
-		lflags |= __GFP_ZERO;
-
-	if (flags & KM_NOLOCKDEP)
-		lflags |= __GFP_NOLOCKDEP;
-
-	return lflags;
-}
-
-extern void *kmem_alloc(size_t, xfs_km_flags_t);
 static inline void  kmem_free(const void *ptr)
 {
 	kvfree(ptr);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c
index ab4223bf51ee..033382cf514d 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c
@@ -879,8 +879,7 @@ xfs_attr_shortform_to_leaf(
 
 	trace_xfs_attr_sf_to_leaf(args);
 
-	tmpbuffer = kmem_alloc(size, 0);
-	ASSERT(tmpbuffer != NULL);
+	tmpbuffer = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 	memcpy(tmpbuffer, ifp->if_data, size);
 	sf = (struct xfs_attr_sf_hdr *)tmpbuffer;
 
@@ -1059,7 +1058,7 @@ xfs_attr3_leaf_to_shortform(
 
 	trace_xfs_attr_leaf_to_sf(args);
 
-	tmpbuffer = kmem_alloc(args->geo->blksize, 0);
+	tmpbuffer = kmalloc(args->geo->blksize, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 	if (!tmpbuffer)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -1533,7 +1532,7 @@ xfs_attr3_leaf_compact(
 
 	trace_xfs_attr_leaf_compact(args);
 
-	tmpbuffer = kmem_alloc(args->geo->blksize, 0);
+	tmpbuffer = kmalloc(args->geo->blksize, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 	memcpy(tmpbuffer, bp->b_addr, args->geo->blksize);
 	memset(bp->b_addr, 0, args->geo->blksize);
 	leaf_src = (xfs_attr_leafblock_t *)tmpbuffer;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_btree_staging.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_btree_staging.c
index eff29425fd76..065e4a00a2f4 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_btree_staging.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_btree_staging.c
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ xfs_btree_stage_afakeroot(
 	ASSERT(!(cur->bc_flags & XFS_BTREE_ROOT_IN_INODE));
 	ASSERT(cur->bc_tp == NULL);
 
-	nops = kmem_alloc(sizeof(struct xfs_btree_ops), KM_NOFS);
+	nops = kmalloc(sizeof(struct xfs_btree_ops), GFP_NOFS | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 	memcpy(nops, cur->bc_ops, sizeof(struct xfs_btree_ops));
 	nops->alloc_block = xfs_btree_fakeroot_alloc_block;
 	nops->free_block = xfs_btree_fakeroot_free_block;
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ xfs_btree_stage_ifakeroot(
 	ASSERT(cur->bc_flags & XFS_BTREE_ROOT_IN_INODE);
 	ASSERT(cur->bc_tp == NULL);
 
-	nops = kmem_alloc(sizeof(struct xfs_btree_ops), KM_NOFS);
+	nops = kmalloc(sizeof(struct xfs_btree_ops), GFP_NOFS | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 	memcpy(nops, cur->bc_ops, sizeof(struct xfs_btree_ops));
 	nops->alloc_block = xfs_btree_fakeroot_alloc_block;
 	nops->free_block = xfs_btree_fakeroot_free_block;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_da_btree.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_da_btree.c
index 73aae6543906..331b9251b185 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_da_btree.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_da_btree.c
@@ -2182,7 +2182,8 @@ xfs_da_grow_inode_int(
 		 * If we didn't get it and the block might work if fragmented,
 		 * try without the CONTIG flag.  Loop until we get it all.
 		 */
-		mapp = kmem_alloc(sizeof(*mapp) * count, 0);
+		mapp = kmalloc(sizeof(*mapp) * count,
+				GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 		for (b = *bno, mapi = 0; b < *bno + count; ) {
 			c = (int)(*bno + count - b);
 			nmap = min(XFS_BMAP_MAX_NMAP, c);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_dir2.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_dir2.c
index 54915a302e96..370d67300455 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_dir2.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_dir2.c
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ xfs_dir_cilookup_result(
 					!(args->op_flags & XFS_DA_OP_CILOOKUP))
 		return -EEXIST;
 
-	args->value = kmem_alloc(len, KM_NOFS | KM_MAYFAIL);
+	args->value = kmalloc(len, GFP_NOFS | __GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL);
 	if (!args->value)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_dir2_block.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_dir2_block.c
index 3c256d4cc40b..506c65caaec5 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_dir2_block.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_dir2_block.c
@@ -1108,7 +1108,7 @@ xfs_dir2_sf_to_block(
 	 * Copy the directory into a temporary buffer.
 	 * Then pitch the incore inode data so we can make extents.
 	 */
-	sfp = kmem_alloc(ifp->if_bytes, 0);
+	sfp = kmalloc(ifp->if_bytes, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 	memcpy(sfp, oldsfp, ifp->if_bytes);
 
 	xfs_idata_realloc(dp, -ifp->if_bytes, XFS_DATA_FORK);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_dir2_sf.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_dir2_sf.c
index e1f83fc7b6ad..7b1f41cff9e0 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_dir2_sf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_dir2_sf.c
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ xfs_dir2_block_to_sf(
 	 * format the data into.  Once we have formatted the data, we can free
 	 * the block and copy the formatted data into the inode literal area.
 	 */
-	sfp = kmem_alloc(mp->m_sb.sb_inodesize, 0);
+	sfp = kmalloc(mp->m_sb.sb_inodesize, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 	memcpy(sfp, sfhp, xfs_dir2_sf_hdr_size(sfhp->i8count));
 
 	/*
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ xfs_dir2_sf_addname_hard(
 	 * Copy the old directory to the stack buffer.
 	 */
 	old_isize = (int)dp->i_disk_size;
-	buf = kmem_alloc(old_isize, 0);
+	buf = kmalloc(old_isize, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 	oldsfp = (xfs_dir2_sf_hdr_t *)buf;
 	memcpy(oldsfp, dp->i_df.if_data, old_isize);
 	/*
@@ -1151,7 +1151,7 @@ xfs_dir2_sf_toino4(
 	 * Don't want xfs_idata_realloc copying the data here.
 	 */
 	oldsize = dp->i_df.if_bytes;
-	buf = kmem_alloc(oldsize, 0);
+	buf = kmalloc(oldsize, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 	ASSERT(oldsfp->i8count == 1);
 	memcpy(buf, oldsfp, oldsize);
 	/*
@@ -1223,7 +1223,7 @@ xfs_dir2_sf_toino8(
 	 * Don't want xfs_idata_realloc copying the data here.
 	 */
 	oldsize = dp->i_df.if_bytes;
-	buf = kmem_alloc(oldsize, 0);
+	buf = kmalloc(oldsize, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 	ASSERT(oldsfp->i8count == 0);
 	memcpy(buf, oldsfp, oldsize);
 	/*
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_fork.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_fork.c
index f4569e18a8d0..f3cf7f933e15 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_fork.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_fork.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ xfs_init_local_fork(
 		mem_size++;
 
 	if (size) {
-		char *new_data = kmem_alloc(mem_size, KM_NOFS);
+		char *new_data = kmalloc(mem_size, GFP_NOFS | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 
 		memcpy(new_data, data, size);
 		if (zero_terminate)
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ xfs_iformat_local(
 	/*
 	 * If the size is unreasonable, then something
 	 * is wrong and we just bail out rather than crash in
-	 * kmem_alloc() or memcpy() below.
+	 * kmalloc() or memcpy() below.
 	 */
 	if (unlikely(size > XFS_DFORK_SIZE(dip, ip->i_mount, whichfork))) {
 		xfs_warn(ip->i_mount,
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ xfs_iformat_extents(
 
 	/*
 	 * If the number of extents is unreasonable, then something is wrong and
-	 * we just bail out rather than crash in kmem_alloc() or memcpy() below.
+	 * we just bail out rather than crash in kmalloc() or memcpy() below.
 	 */
 	if (unlikely(size < 0 || size > XFS_DFORK_SIZE(dip, mp, whichfork))) {
 		xfs_warn(ip->i_mount, "corrupt inode %llu ((a)extents = %llu).",
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ xfs_iformat_btree(
 	}
 
 	ifp->if_broot_bytes = size;
-	ifp->if_broot = kmem_alloc(size, KM_NOFS);
+	ifp->if_broot = kmalloc(size, GFP_NOFS | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 	ASSERT(ifp->if_broot != NULL);
 	/*
 	 * Copy and convert from the on-disk structure
@@ -399,7 +399,8 @@ xfs_iroot_realloc(
 		 */
 		if (ifp->if_broot_bytes == 0) {
 			new_size = XFS_BMAP_BROOT_SPACE_CALC(mp, rec_diff);
-			ifp->if_broot = kmem_alloc(new_size, KM_NOFS);
+			ifp->if_broot = kmalloc(new_size,
+						GFP_NOFS | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 			ifp->if_broot_bytes = (int)new_size;
 			return;
 		}
@@ -440,7 +441,7 @@ xfs_iroot_realloc(
 	else
 		new_size = 0;
 	if (new_size > 0) {
-		new_broot = kmem_alloc(new_size, KM_NOFS);
+		new_broot = kmalloc(new_size, GFP_NOFS | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 		/*
 		 * First copy over the btree block header.
 		 */
@@ -488,7 +489,7 @@ xfs_iroot_realloc(
  *
  * If the amount of space needed has decreased below the size of the
  * inline buffer, then switch to using the inline buffer.  Otherwise,
- * use kmem_realloc() or kmem_alloc() to adjust the size of the buffer
+ * use krealloc() or kmalloc() to adjust the size of the buffer
  * to what is needed.
  *
  * ip -- the inode whose if_data area is changing
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_attr_list.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_attr_list.c
index e368ad671e26..5f7a44d21cc9 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_attr_list.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_attr_list.c
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ xfs_attr_shortform_list(
 	 * It didn't all fit, so we have to sort everything on hashval.
 	 */
 	sbsize = sf->count * sizeof(*sbuf);
-	sbp = sbuf = kmem_alloc(sbsize, KM_NOFS);
+	sbp = sbuf = kmalloc(sbsize, GFP_NOFS | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 
 	/*
 	 * Scan the attribute list for the rest of the entries, storing
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
index 710ea4c97122..c348af806616 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
@@ -325,14 +325,14 @@ xfs_buf_alloc_kmem(
 	struct xfs_buf	*bp,
 	xfs_buf_flags_t	flags)
 {
-	xfs_km_flags_t	kmflag_mask = KM_NOFS;
+	gfp_t		gfp_mask = GFP_NOFS | __GFP_NOFAIL;
 	size_t		size = BBTOB(bp->b_length);
 
 	/* Assure zeroed buffer for non-read cases. */
 	if (!(flags & XBF_READ))
-		kmflag_mask |= KM_ZERO;
+		gfp_mask |= __GFP_ZERO;
 
-	bp->b_addr = kmem_alloc(size, kmflag_mask);
+	bp->b_addr = kmalloc(size, gfp_mask);
 	if (!bp->b_addr)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item_recover.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item_recover.c
index 43167f543afc..34776f4c05ac 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item_recover.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item_recover.c
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ xlog_add_buffer_cancelled(
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	bcp = kmem_alloc(sizeof(struct xfs_buf_cancel), 0);
+	bcp = kmalloc(sizeof(struct xfs_buf_cancel), GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 	bcp->bc_blkno = blkno;
 	bcp->bc_len = len;
 	bcp->bc_refcount = 1;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_filestream.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_filestream.c
index 2fc98d313708..e2a3c8d3fe4f 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_filestream.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_filestream.c
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ xfs_filestream_create_association(
 	 * we return a referenced AG, the allocation can still go ahead just
 	 * fine.
 	 */
-	item = kmem_alloc(sizeof(*item), KM_MAYFAIL);
+	item = kmalloc(sizeof(*item), GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL);
 	if (!item)
 		goto out_put_fstrms;
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item_recover.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item_recover.c
index 144198a6b270..5d7b937179a0 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item_recover.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item_recover.c
@@ -291,7 +291,8 @@ xlog_recover_inode_commit_pass2(
 	if (item->ri_buf[0].i_len == sizeof(struct xfs_inode_log_format)) {
 		in_f = item->ri_buf[0].i_addr;
 	} else {
-		in_f = kmem_alloc(sizeof(struct xfs_inode_log_format), 0);
+		in_f = kmalloc(sizeof(struct xfs_inode_log_format),
+				GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 		need_free = 1;
 		error = xfs_inode_item_format_convert(&item->ri_buf[0], in_f);
 		if (error)
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iwalk.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iwalk.c
index 8dbb7c054b28..5dd622aa54c5 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iwalk.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iwalk.c
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ xfs_iwalk_alloc(
 
 	/* Allocate a prefetch buffer for inobt records. */
 	size = iwag->sz_recs * sizeof(struct xfs_inobt_rec_incore);
-	iwag->recs = kmem_alloc(size, KM_MAYFAIL);
+	iwag->recs = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL);
 	if (iwag->recs == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
index 4a27ecdbb546..e3bd503edcab 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
@@ -2161,7 +2161,7 @@ xlog_recover_add_to_trans(
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	ptr = kmem_alloc(len, 0);
+	ptr = xlog_kvmalloc(len);
 	memcpy(ptr, dp, len);
 	in_f = (struct xfs_inode_log_format *)ptr;
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_qm.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_qm.c
index b9d11376c88a..b130bf49013b 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_qm.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_qm.c
@@ -997,7 +997,8 @@ xfs_qm_reset_dqcounts_buf(
 	if (qip->i_nblocks == 0)
 		return 0;
 
-	map = kmem_alloc(XFS_DQITER_MAP_SIZE * sizeof(*map), 0);
+	map = kmalloc(XFS_DQITER_MAP_SIZE * sizeof(*map),
+			GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 
 	lblkno = 0;
 	maxlblkcnt = XFS_B_TO_FSB(mp, mp->m_super->s_maxbytes);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_rtalloc.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_rtalloc.c
index 8649d981a097..8a8d6197203e 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_rtalloc.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_rtalloc.c
@@ -903,7 +903,7 @@ xfs_growfs_rt(
 	/*
 	 * Allocate a new (fake) mount/sb.
 	 */
-	nmp = kmem_alloc(sizeof(*nmp), 0);
+	nmp = kmalloc(sizeof(*nmp), GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 	/*
 	 * Loop over the bitmap blocks.
 	 * We will do everything one bitmap block at a time.
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
index d0009430a627..7b1b29814be2 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
@@ -1982,7 +1982,7 @@ static int xfs_init_fs_context(
 {
 	struct xfs_mount	*mp;
 
-	mp = kmem_alloc(sizeof(struct xfs_mount), KM_ZERO);
+	mp = kzalloc(sizeof(struct xfs_mount), GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 	if (!mp)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trace.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_trace.h
index 0984a1c884c7..c7e57efe0356 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trace.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trace.h
@@ -4040,31 +4040,6 @@ TRACE_EVENT(xfs_pwork_init,
 		  __entry->nr_threads, __entry->pid)
 )
 
-DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(xfs_kmem_class,
-	TP_PROTO(ssize_t size, int flags, unsigned long caller_ip),
-	TP_ARGS(size, flags, caller_ip),
-	TP_STRUCT__entry(
-		__field(ssize_t, size)
-		__field(int, flags)
-		__field(unsigned long, caller_ip)
-	),
-	TP_fast_assign(
-		__entry->size = size;
-		__entry->flags = flags;
-		__entry->caller_ip = caller_ip;
-	),
-	TP_printk("size %zd flags 0x%x caller %pS",
-		  __entry->size,
-		  __entry->flags,
-		  (char *)__entry->caller_ip)
-)
-
-#define DEFINE_KMEM_EVENT(name) \
-DEFINE_EVENT(xfs_kmem_class, name, \
-	TP_PROTO(ssize_t size, int flags, unsigned long caller_ip), \
-	TP_ARGS(size, flags, caller_ip))
-DEFINE_KMEM_EVENT(kmem_alloc);
-
 TRACE_EVENT(xfs_check_new_dalign,
 	TP_PROTO(struct xfs_mount *mp, int new_dalign, xfs_ino_t calc_rootino),
 	TP_ARGS(mp, new_dalign, calc_rootino),
