There is no good reason to use GFP_ATOMIC here. Other memory allocations are performed with GFP_KERNEL (see other 'dma_alloc_coherent()' below and 'kzalloc()' in 'et131x_rx_dma_memory_alloc()') Use GFP_KERNEL which should be enough. Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/agere/et131x.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/agere/et131x.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/agere/et131x.c index e43d922f043e..174344c450af 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/agere/et131x.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/agere/et131x.c @@ -2362,7 +2362,7 @@ static int et131x_tx_dma_memory_alloc(struct et131x_adapter *adapter) /* Allocate memory for the TCB's (Transmit Control Block) */ tx_ring->tcb_ring = kcalloc(NUM_TCB, sizeof(struct tcb), - GFP_ATOMIC | GFP_DMA); + GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA); if (!tx_ring->tcb_ring) return -ENOMEM; -- 2.20.1