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/mtd/devices/spear_smi.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/mtd/devices/spear_smi.c b/drivers/mtd/devices/spear_smi.c index 2e00862389dd..24073518587f 100644 --- a/drivers/mtd/devices/spear_smi.c +++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/spear_smi.c @@ -969,7 +969,7 @@ static int spear_smi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) goto err; } - dev = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*dev), GFP_ATOMIC); + dev = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*dev), GFP_KERNEL); if (!dev) { ret = -ENOMEM; goto err;