Previous memory allocations in this function already use GFP_KERNEL, so use __dev_alloc_skb() and an explicit GFP_KERNEL instead of an implicit GFP_ATOMIC. This gives more opportunities of successful allocation. Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx> --- net/mac80211/mesh.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/mac80211/mesh.c b/net/mac80211/mesh.c index 1d3b4ad32965..5275f4f32a78 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/mesh.c +++ b/net/mac80211/mesh.c @@ -853,7 +853,7 @@ ieee80211_mesh_build_beacon(struct ieee80211_if_mesh *ifmsh) bcn = kzalloc(sizeof(*bcn) + head_len + tail_len, GFP_KERNEL); /* need an skb for IE builders to operate on */ - skb = dev_alloc_skb(max(head_len, tail_len)); + skb = __dev_alloc_skb(max(head_len, tail_len), GFP_KERNEL); if (!bcn || !skb) goto out_free; -- 2.32.0
