From: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit ae26aa844679cdf660e12c7055f958cb90889eb6 upstream. Since wilc_set_multicast_list() is called with dev->addr_list_lock spinlock held, we can't use GFP_KERNEL memory allocation. Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Fixes: e624c58cf8eb ("staging: wilc1000: refactor code to avoid use of wilc_set_multicast_list global") Cc: Ajay Singh <ajay.kathat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Adham Abozaeid <adham.abozaeid@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c +++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c @@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ static void wilc_set_multicast_list(stru return; } - mc_list = kmalloc_array(dev->mc.count, ETH_ALEN, GFP_KERNEL); + mc_list = kmalloc_array(dev->mc.count, ETH_ALEN, GFP_ATOMIC); if (!mc_list) return;