Since it is possible for vnet_event_napi to end up doing vnet_control_pkt_engine -> ... -> vnet_send_attr -> vnet_port_alloc_tx_ring -> ldc_alloc_exp_dring -> kzalloc() (i.e., in softirq context), kzalloc() should be called with GFP_ATOMIC from ldc_alloc_exp_dring. Signed-off-by: Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@xxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/sparc/kernel/ldc.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/ldc.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/ldc.c index d2ae0f7..7d3ca30 100644 --- a/arch/sparc/kernel/ldc.c +++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/ldc.c @@ -2290,7 +2290,7 @@ void *ldc_alloc_exp_dring(struct ldc_channel *lp, unsigned int len, if (len & (8UL - 1)) return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL); - buf = kzalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL); + buf = kzalloc(len, GFP_ATOMIC); if (!buf) return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); -- 1.7.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe sparclinux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
