As per below information
GFP_KERNEL FLAG
This is a normal allocation and might block. This is the flag to use in
process context code when it is safe to sleep.
GFP_ATOMIC FLAG
The allocation is high-priority and does not sleep. This is the flag to
use in interrupt handlers, bottom halves and other situations where you
cannot sleep
And we can take advantage of GFP_KERNEL , as when system is in low
memory chances of getting success is high compared to GFP_ATOMIC.
As visornic_probe is in process context we can use GPF_KERNEL.
Signed-off-by: Hariprasad Kelam <hariprasad.kelam@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/staging/unisys/visornic/visornic_main.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/unisys/visornic/visornic_main.c b/drivers/staging/unisys/visornic/visornic_main.c
index 1c1a470..9d4f1da 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/unisys/visornic/visornic_main.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/unisys/visornic/visornic_main.c
@@ -1861,12 +1861,12 @@ static int visornic_probe(struct visor_device *dev)
skb_queue_head_init(&devdata->xmitbufhead);
/* create a cmdrsp we can use to post and unpost rcv buffers */
- devdata->cmdrsp_rcv = kmalloc(SIZEOF_CMDRSP, GFP_ATOMIC);
+ devdata->cmdrsp_rcv = kmalloc(SIZEOF_CMDRSP, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!devdata->cmdrsp_rcv) {
err = -ENOMEM;
goto cleanup_rcvbuf;
}
- devdata->xmit_cmdrsp = kmalloc(SIZEOF_CMDRSP, GFP_ATOMIC);
+ devdata->xmit_cmdrsp = kmalloc(SIZEOF_CMDRSP, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!devdata->xmit_cmdrsp) {
err = -ENOMEM;
goto cleanup_cmdrsp_rcv;
--
2.7.4
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