Re: [PATCH] input: misc: powermate: Replace GFP_ATOMIC with GFP_KERNEL in powermate_alloc_buffers()

[Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 10:17:23AM +0800, Jia-Ju Bai wrote:
> powermate_alloc_buffers() is never called in atomic context.
> It calls usb_alloc_coherent() with GFP_ATOMIC, which is not necessary.
> GFP_ATOMIC can be replaced with GFP_KERNEL.
> 
> This is found by a static analysis tool named DCNS written by myself.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@gmail.com>

Applied, thank you.

> ---
>  drivers/input/misc/powermate.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/input/misc/powermate.c b/drivers/input/misc/powermate.c
> index 5c8c79623c87..e8de3aaf9f63 100644
> --- a/drivers/input/misc/powermate.c
> +++ b/drivers/input/misc/powermate.c
> @@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ static int powermate_input_event(struct input_dev *dev, unsigned int type, unsig
>  static int powermate_alloc_buffers(struct usb_device *udev, struct powermate_device *pm)
>  {
>  	pm->data = usb_alloc_coherent(udev, POWERMATE_PAYLOAD_SIZE_MAX,
> -				      GFP_ATOMIC, &pm->data_dma);
> +				      GFP_KERNEL, &pm->data_dma);
>  	if (!pm->data)
>  		return -1;
>  
> -- 
> 2.17.0
> 

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Dmitry