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
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