Below is data path of xlr_config_spill xlr_net_probe -->xlr_config_fifo_spill_area --->xlr_config_spill We can use GFP_KERNEL as this function is getting called from xlr_net_probe and there are no locks. Signed-off-by: Hariprasad Kelam <hariprasad.kelam@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/netlogic/xlr_net.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/netlogic/xlr_net.c b/drivers/staging/netlogic/xlr_net.c index 07a06c5..05079f7 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/netlogic/xlr_net.c +++ b/drivers/staging/netlogic/xlr_net.c @@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ static void *xlr_config_spill(struct xlr_net_priv *priv, int reg_start_0, base = priv->base_addr; spill_size = size; - spill = kmalloc(spill_size + SMP_CACHE_BYTES, GFP_ATOMIC); + spill = kmalloc(spill_size + SMP_CACHE_BYTES, GFP_KERNEL); if (!spill) return ZERO_SIZE_PTR; -- 2.7.4 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel
