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* [PATCH] staging: wilc1000: Avoid GFP_KERNEL allocation from atomic context.
@ 2019-04-07 12:58 Tetsuo Handa
  2019-04-08 21:13 ` Adham.Abozaeid
  2019-04-16 11:15 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Tetsuo Handa @ 2019-04-07 12:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Adham Abozaeid, Ajay Singh, Greg Kroah-Hartman
  Cc: linux-wireless, Tetsuo Handa

Since wilc_set_multicast_list() is called with dev->addr_list_lock
spinlock held, we can't use GFP_KERNEL memory allocation.

Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Fixes: e624c58cf8eb5116 ("staging: wilc1000: refactor code to avoid use of wilc_set_multicast_list global")
Cc: Ajay Singh <ajay.kathat@microchip.com>
---
 drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_netdev.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_netdev.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_netdev.c
index 1787154..ba78c08 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_netdev.c
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ static void wilc_set_multicast_list(struct net_device *dev)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	mc_list = kmalloc_array(dev->mc.count, ETH_ALEN, GFP_KERNEL);
+	mc_list = kmalloc_array(dev->mc.count, ETH_ALEN, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!mc_list)
 		return;
 
-- 
1.8.3.1


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* Re: [PATCH] staging: wilc1000: Avoid GFP_KERNEL allocation from atomic context.
  2019-04-07 12:58 [PATCH] staging: wilc1000: Avoid GFP_KERNEL allocation from atomic context Tetsuo Handa
@ 2019-04-08 21:13 ` Adham.Abozaeid
  2019-04-16 11:15 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Adham.Abozaeid @ 2019-04-08 21:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: penguin-kernel, Ajay.Kathat, gregkh; +Cc: linux-wireless


On 4/7/19 5:58 AM, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> Since wilc_set_multicast_list() is called with dev->addr_list_lock
> spinlock held, we can't use GFP_KERNEL memory allocation.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
> Fixes: e624c58cf8eb5116 ("staging: wilc1000: refactor code to avoid use of wilc_set_multicast_list global")
> Cc: Ajay Singh <ajay.kathat@microchip.com>
Reviewed-by: Adham Abozaeid <adham.abozaeid@microchip.com>

Thanks,
Adham

> ---
>  drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_netdev.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_netdev.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_netdev.c
> index 1787154..ba78c08 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_netdev.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_netdev.c
> @@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ static void wilc_set_multicast_list(struct net_device *dev)
>  		return;
>  	}
>  
> -	mc_list = kmalloc_array(dev->mc.count, ETH_ALEN, GFP_KERNEL);
> +	mc_list = kmalloc_array(dev->mc.count, ETH_ALEN, GFP_ATOMIC);
>  	if (!mc_list)
>  		return;
>  

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* Re: [PATCH] staging: wilc1000: Avoid GFP_KERNEL allocation from atomic context.
  2019-04-07 12:58 [PATCH] staging: wilc1000: Avoid GFP_KERNEL allocation from atomic context Tetsuo Handa
  2019-04-08 21:13 ` Adham.Abozaeid
@ 2019-04-16 11:15 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman @ 2019-04-16 11:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Tetsuo Handa; +Cc: Adham Abozaeid, Ajay Singh, linux-wireless

On Sun, Apr 07, 2019 at 09:58:43PM +0900, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> Since wilc_set_multicast_list() is called with dev->addr_list_lock
> spinlock held, we can't use GFP_KERNEL memory allocation.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
> Fixes: e624c58cf8eb5116 ("staging: wilc1000: refactor code to avoid use of wilc_set_multicast_list global")

No need for so many sha1 characters, this is the canonical length to
use:
	e624c58cf8eb
thanks,

greg k-h

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* [PATCH] staging: wilc1000: Avoid GFP_KERNEL allocation from atomic context
@ 2019-04-16 23:17 Adham.Abozaeid
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Adham.Abozaeid @ 2019-04-16 23:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-wireless; +Cc: devel, gregkh, johannes, Ajay.Kathat, Adham.Abozaeid

From: Adham Abozaeid <adham.abozaeid@microchip.com>

txq_add_mgmt_pkt allocates memory while being called from atomic context
so needs to use GFP_ATOMIC

Signed-off-by: Adham Abozaeid <adham.abozaeid@microchip.com>
---
 drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wlan.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wlan.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wlan.c
index 2b309c8a8fb2..0a713409ea98 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wlan.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wlan.c
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ int wilc_wlan_txq_add_mgmt_pkt(struct net_device *dev, void *priv, u8 *buffer,
 	if (wilc->quit)
 		return 0;
 
-	tqe = kmalloc(sizeof(*tqe), GFP_KERNEL);
+	tqe = kmalloc(sizeof(*tqe), GFP_ATOMIC);
 
 	if (!tqe)
 		return 0;
-- 
2.17.1


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