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/net/ethernet/moxa/moxart_ether.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/moxa/moxart_ether.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/moxa/moxart_ether.c index 15179b9529e1..afb7dcadb8d2 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/moxa/moxart_ether.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/moxa/moxart_ether.c @@ -510,14 +510,14 @@ static int moxart_mac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) } priv->tx_buf_base = kmalloc_array(priv->tx_buf_size, TX_DESC_NUM, - GFP_ATOMIC); + GFP_KERNEL); if (!priv->tx_buf_base) { ret = -ENOMEM; goto init_fail; } priv->rx_buf_base = kmalloc_array(priv->rx_buf_size, RX_DESC_NUM, - GFP_ATOMIC); + GFP_KERNEL); if (!priv->rx_buf_base) { ret = -ENOMEM; goto init_fail;