Using GFP_KERNEL was wrong and produces a 'scheduling while atomic' bug. Also, check for proper return values now, in case allocation fails. Signed-off-by: Senthil Balasubramanian <senthilkumar@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sujith <Sujith.Manoharan@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/xmit.c | 4 +++- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/xmit.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/xmit.c index ef209b5..c815198 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/xmit.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/xmit.c @@ -1663,7 +1663,9 @@ static int ath_tx_setup_buffer(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_buf *bf, int hdrlen; __le16 fc; - tx_info_priv = kzalloc(sizeof(*tx_info_priv), GFP_KERNEL); + tx_info_priv = kzalloc(sizeof(*tx_info_priv), GFP_ATOMIC); + if (!tx_info_priv) + return -ENOMEM; tx_info->rate_driver_data[0] = tx_info_priv; hdrlen = ieee80211_get_hdrlen_from_skb(skb); fc = hdr->frame_control; -- 1.5.6.rc2.15.g457bb.dirty -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
