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

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On 4/7/19 5:58 AM, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> 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>
Reviewed-by: Adham Abozaeid <adham.abozaeid@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,
Adham

> ---
>  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;
>  




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