This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
um: vector: Use GFP_ATOMIC under spin lock
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:
um-vector-use-gfp_atomic-under-spin-lock.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 f834070d8f1e9d9a12f2fd2c1ee6fbac50e5bf86
Author: Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri Jun 19 13:20:07 2020 +0800
um: vector: Use GFP_ATOMIC under spin lock
[ Upstream commit e4e721fe4ccb504a29d1e8d4047667557281d932 ]
Use GFP_ATOMIC instead of GFP_KERNEL under spin lock to fix possible
sleep-in-atomic-context bugs.
Fixes: 9807019a62dc ("um: Loadable BPF "Firmware" for vector drivers")
Signed-off-by: Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-By: Anton Ivanov <anton.ivanov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@xxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/vector_kern.c b/arch/um/drivers/vector_kern.c
index 8735c468230a5..555203e3e7b45 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/vector_kern.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/vector_kern.c
@@ -1403,7 +1403,7 @@ static int vector_net_load_bpf_flash(struct net_device *dev,
kfree(vp->bpf->filter);
vp->bpf->filter = NULL;
} else {
- vp->bpf = kmalloc(sizeof(struct sock_fprog), GFP_KERNEL);
+ vp->bpf = kmalloc(sizeof(struct sock_fprog), GFP_ATOMIC);
if (vp->bpf == NULL) {
netdev_err(dev, "failed to allocate memory for firmware\n");
goto flash_fail;
@@ -1415,7 +1415,7 @@ static int vector_net_load_bpf_flash(struct net_device *dev,
if (request_firmware(&fw, efl->data, &vdevice->pdev.dev))
goto flash_fail;
- vp->bpf->filter = kmemdup(fw->data, fw->size, GFP_KERNEL);
+ vp->bpf->filter = kmemdup(fw->data, fw->size, GFP_ATOMIC);
if (!vp->bpf->filter)
goto free_buffer;
