Re: [PATCH] ibmvscsi: use GFP_ATOMIC with dma_alloc_coherent in map_sg_data

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On 01/09/2019 08:58 PM, Tyrel Datwyler wrote:
> While mapping DMA for scatter list when a scsi command is queued the
> existing call to dma_alloc_coherent() in our map_sg_data() function
> passes zero for the gfp_flags parameter. We are most definitly in atomic
> context at this point as queue_command() is called in softirq context
> and further we have a spinlock holding the scsi host lock.
> 
> Fix this by passing GFP_ATOMIC to dma_alloc_coherent() to prevent any
> sort of sleeping in atomic context deadlock.
> 
> Fixes: 4dddbc26c389 ("[SCSI] ibmvscsi: handle large scatter/gather lists")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Tyrel Datwyler <tyreld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvscsi.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvscsi.c b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvscsi.c
> index 1135e74..cb8535e 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvscsi.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvscsi.c
> @@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ static int map_sg_data(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd,
>  		evt_struct->ext_list = (struct srp_direct_buf *)
>  			dma_alloc_coherent(dev,
>  					   SG_ALL * sizeof(struct srp_direct_buf),
> -					   &evt_struct->ext_list_token, 0);
> +					   &evt_struct->ext_list_token, GFP_ATOMIC);
>  		if (!evt_struct->ext_list) {
>  			if (!firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_CMO))
>  				sdev_printk(KERN_ERR, cmd->device,
> 

Reviewed-by: Brian King <brking@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

-- 
Brian King
Power Linux I/O
IBM Linux Technology Center




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