The driver may sleep under a spin lock, and the function call path is:
iscsit_tpg_enable_portal_group (acquire the lock by spin_lock)
iscsi_update_param_value
kstrdup(GFP_KERNEL) --> may sleep
To fix it, the "GFP_KERNEL" is replaced with "GFP_ATOMIC".
Signed-off-by: Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_parameters.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_parameters.c b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_parameters.c
index fce6276..8768916 100644
--- a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_parameters.c
+++ b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_parameters.c
@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ int iscsi_update_param_value(struct iscsi_param *param, char *value)
{
kfree(param->value);
- param->value = kstrdup(value, GFP_KERNEL);
+ param->value = kstrdup(value, GFP_ATOMIC);
if (!param->value) {
pr_err("Unable to allocate memory for value.\n");
return -ENOMEM;
--
1.7.9.5
