Platform_driver probe functions aren't called with locks held and thus don't need GFP_ATOMIC. Use GFP_KERNEL instead. Problem found with Coccinelle. Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxxx> --- drivers/ata/pata_mpc52xx.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_mpc52xx.c b/drivers/ata/pata_mpc52xx.c index c1b138d24b05..a2a3a95c71ed 100644 --- a/drivers/ata/pata_mpc52xx.c +++ b/drivers/ata/pata_mpc52xx.c @@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ static int mpc52xx_ata_probe(struct platform_device *op) } /* Prepare our private structure */ - priv = devm_kzalloc(&op->dev, sizeof(*priv), GFP_ATOMIC); + priv = devm_kzalloc(&op->dev, sizeof(*priv), GFP_KERNEL); if (!priv) { rv = -ENOMEM; goto err1;