This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled staging: rtl8192u: Do not use GFP_KERNEL in atomic context to the 5.8-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: staging-rtl8192u-do-not-use-gfp_kernel-in-atomic-con.patch and it can be found in the queue-5.8 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. commit 0f34353ba972ca24fb4c8b042068c0a30ad6ed32 Author: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu Aug 13 19:34:58 2020 +0200 staging: rtl8192u: Do not use GFP_KERNEL in atomic context [ Upstream commit acac75bb451fd39344eb54fad6602dfc9482e970 ] 'rtl8192_irq_rx_tasklet()' is a tasklet initialized in 'rtl8192_init_priv_task()'. >From this function it is possible to allocate some memory with the GFP_KERNEL flag, which is not allowed in the atomic context of a tasklet. Use GFP_ATOMIC instead. The call chain is: rtl8192_irq_rx_tasklet (in r8192U_core.c) --> rtl8192_rx_nomal (in r8192U_core.c) --> ieee80211_rx (in ieee80211/ieee80211_rx.c) --> RxReorderIndicatePacket (in ieee80211/ieee80211_rx.c) Fixes: 79a5ccd97209 ("staging: rtl8192u: fix large frame size compiler warning") Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200813173458.758284-1-christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_rx.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_rx.c index 195d963c4fbb4..b6fee7230ce05 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_rx.c +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_rx.c @@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ static void RxReorderIndicatePacket(struct ieee80211_device *ieee, prxbIndicateArray = kmalloc_array(REORDER_WIN_SIZE, sizeof(struct ieee80211_rxb *), - GFP_KERNEL); + GFP_ATOMIC); if (!prxbIndicateArray) return;