Hi Luiz,
ext Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
RX is handled in a workqueue therefore allocating for GFP_ATOMIC
is overkill and not required.
Yes, this looks like the correct thing to do. Thank you for pointing out! Can
you send the patch again to Linville for integration?
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
This goes untested and not even compile tested but just thought this was odd.
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_rx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_rx.c
index 37d81ab..ca645f3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_rx.c
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ static void wl1271_rx_handle_data(struct wl1271 *wl, u32 length)
u8 *buf;
u8 beacon = 0;
- skb = dev_alloc_skb(length);
+ skb = __dev_alloc_skb(length, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!skb) {
wl1271_error("Couldn't allocate RX frame");
return;
Acked-by: Luciano Coelho <luciano.coelho@xxxxxxxxx>
--
Cheers,
Luca.
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