From: kbuild test robot <fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx> block/blk-cgroup.c:243:57-67: ERROR: function blkg_create called on line 1260 inside lock on line 1259 but uses GFP_KERNEL block/blk-cgroup.c:243:57-67: ERROR: function blkg_create called on line 922 inside lock on line 911 but uses GFP_KERNEL Generated by: scripts/coccinelle/locks/call_kern.cocci Fixes: 6ef69a3a0b4a ("blkcg: change blkg reference counting to use percpu_ref") CC: Dennis Zhou (Facebook) <dennisszhou@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: kbuild test robot <fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@xxxxxxx> --- url: https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Dennis-Zhou/blkcg-ref-count-refactor-cleanup-blkcg-avg_lat/20180831-161742 base: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/linux-block.git for-next :::::: branch date: 10 hours ago :::::: commit date: 10 hours ago The kbuild report doesn't include enough context to check this. Please check whether this is appropriate and whether another approach would be better. blk-cgroup.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/block/blk-cgroup.c +++ b/block/blk-cgroup.c @@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ static struct blkcg_gq *blkg_create(stru blkg_get(blkg->parent); } - ret = percpu_ref_init(&blkg->refcnt, __blkg_release, 0, GFP_KERNEL); + ret = percpu_ref_init(&blkg->refcnt, __blkg_release, 0, GFP_ATOMIC); if (ret) goto err_cancel_ref;