The driver may sleep under a spinlock, and the function call path is: rtw_set_802_11_bssid(acquire the spinlock) rtw_disassoc_cmd kzalloc(GFP_KERNEL) --> may sleep To fix it, GFP_KERNEL is replaced with GFP_ATOMIC. This bug is found by my static analysis tool and my code review. Signed-off-by: Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_cmd.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_cmd.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_cmd.c index 9461bce..65083a7 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_cmd.c +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_cmd.c @@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ u8 rtw_disassoc_cmd(struct adapter *padapter, u32 deauth_timeout_ms, bool enqueu if (enqueue) { /* need enqueue, prepare cmd_obj and enqueue */ - cmdobj = kzalloc(sizeof(*cmdobj), GFP_KERNEL); + cmdobj = kzalloc(sizeof(*cmdobj), GFP_ATOMIC); if (!cmdobj) { res = _FAIL; kfree(param); -- 1.7.9.5 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel