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Re: [PATCH] cfg80211: remove @gfp parameter from cfg80211_rx_mgmt()

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On Mon, 2014-08-11 at 03:29 -0700, Vladimir Kondratiev wrote:
> In the cfg80211_rx_mgmt(), parameter @gfp was used for the memory allocation.
> But, memory get allocated under spin_lock_bh(), this implies atomic context.
> So, one can't use GFP_KERNEL, only variants with no __GFP_WAIT. Actually, in all
> occurrences GFP_ATOMIC is used (wil6210 use GFP_KERNEL by mistake),
> and it should be this way or warning triggered in the memory allocation code.
> 
> Remove @gfp parameter as no actual choice exist, and use hard coded
> GFP_ATOMIC for memory allocation.

Applied, thanks.

johannes

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