GFP_ATOMIC is not a single gfp flag, but a macro which expands to the other flags, where meaningful is the LACK of __GFP_WAIT flag. To check if caller wants to perform an atomic allocation, the code must test for a lack of the __GFP_WAIT flag. This patch fixes the issue introduced in v3.5-rc1. CC: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- Changelog: v3: - fixed spelling issues v2: - added more comments in the code to explain for _GFP_WAIT test v1: - initial version --- arch/x86/kernel/pci-dma.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/pci-dma.c b/arch/x86/kernel/pci-dma.c index 872079a..3519a78 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/pci-dma.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/pci-dma.c @@ -100,8 +100,10 @@ void *dma_generic_alloc_coherent(struct device *dev, size_t size, flag |= __GFP_ZERO; again: page = NULL; - if (!(flag & GFP_ATOMIC)) + /* CMA can be used only in the context which permits sleeping */ + if (flag & __GFP_WAIT) page = dma_alloc_from_contiguous(dev, count, get_order(size)); + /* fallback */ if (!page) page = alloc_pages_node(dev_to_node(dev), flag, get_order(size)); if (!page) -- 1.7.9.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html