powermate_alloc_buffers() is never called in atomic context.
It calls usb_alloc_coherent() with GFP_ATOMIC, which is not necessary.
GFP_ATOMIC can be replaced with GFP_KERNEL.
This is found by a static analysis tool named DCNS written by myself.
Signed-off-by: Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/input/misc/powermate.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/input/misc/powermate.c b/drivers/input/misc/powermate.c
index 5c8c79623c87..e8de3aaf9f63 100644
--- a/drivers/input/misc/powermate.c
+++ b/drivers/input/misc/powermate.c
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ static int powermate_input_event(struct input_dev *dev, unsigned int type, unsig
static int powermate_alloc_buffers(struct usb_device *udev, struct powermate_device *pm)
{
pm->data = usb_alloc_coherent(udev, POWERMATE_PAYLOAD_SIZE_MAX,
- GFP_ATOMIC, &pm->data_dma);
+ GFP_KERNEL, &pm->data_dma);
if (!pm->data)
return -1;
--
2.17.0
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