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[PATCH] staging: wilc1000: Avoid GFP_KERNEL allocation from atomic context.

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Since wilc_set_multicast_list() is called with dev->addr_list_lock
spinlock held, we can't use GFP_KERNEL memory allocation.

Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: e624c58cf8eb5116 ("staging: wilc1000: refactor code to avoid use of wilc_set_multicast_list global")
Cc: Ajay Singh <ajay.kathat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_netdev.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_netdev.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_netdev.c
index 1787154..ba78c08 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_netdev.c
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ static void wilc_set_multicast_list(struct net_device *dev)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	mc_list = kmalloc_array(dev->mc.count, ETH_ALEN, GFP_KERNEL);
+	mc_list = kmalloc_array(dev->mc.count, ETH_ALEN, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!mc_list)
 		return;
 
-- 
1.8.3.1




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