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> From: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: [PATCH] ice: Don't use GFP_KERNEL in atomic context
>
> ice_misc_intr() is an irq handler. It should not sleep.
>
> Use GFP_ATOMIC instead of GFP_KERNEL when allocating some memory.
>
> Fixes: 348048e724a0 ("ice: Implement iidc operations")
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> I've never played a lot with irq handler. My understanding is that they should never
> sleep. So GFP_KERNEL must be avoided. So I guess that this patch is correct.
>
> However, I don't know if some special cases allow such allocation.
> Any feedback/pointer to a good doc/explanation is welcome :)
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
Tested-by: Leszek Kaliszczuk <leszek.kaliszczuk@xxxxxxxxx>
