[12/29] USB: Dont use GFP_KERNEL while we cannot reset a storage device

[Greg KH]

2.6.32-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

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From: Oliver Neukum <oliver@xxxxxxxxxx>

commit acbe2febe71abb2360b008e9ab3ee5c44169f78c upstream.

Memory allocations with GFP_KERNEL can cause IO to a storage
device which can fail resulting in a need to reset the device.
Therefore GFP_KERNEL cannot be safely used between usb_lock_device()
and usb_unlock_device(). Replace by GFP_NOIO.

Signed-off-by: Oliver Neukum <oliver@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>

---
 drivers/usb/core/devices.c |    2 +-
 drivers/usb/core/message.c |    8 ++++----
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/usb/core/devices.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/devices.c
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ static ssize_t usb_device_dump(char __us
 		return 0;
 	/* allocate 2^1 pages = 8K (on i386);
 	 * should be more than enough for one device */
-	pages_start = (char *)__get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL, 1);
+	pages_start = (char *)__get_free_pages(GFP_NOIO, 1);
 	if (!pages_start)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
--- a/drivers/usb/core/message.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/message.c
@@ -911,11 +911,11 @@ char *usb_cache_string(struct usb_device
 	if (index <= 0)
 		return NULL;
 
-	buf = kmalloc(MAX_USB_STRING_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+	buf = kmalloc(MAX_USB_STRING_SIZE, GFP_NOIO);
 	if (buf) {
 		len = usb_string(udev, index, buf, MAX_USB_STRING_SIZE);
 		if (len > 0) {
-			smallbuf = kmalloc(++len, GFP_KERNEL);
+			smallbuf = kmalloc(++len, GFP_NOIO);
 			if (!smallbuf)
 				return buf;
 			memcpy(smallbuf, buf, len);
@@ -1682,7 +1682,7 @@ int usb_set_configuration(struct usb_dev
 	if (cp) {
 		nintf = cp->desc.bNumInterfaces;
 		new_interfaces = kmalloc(nintf * sizeof(*new_interfaces),
-				GFP_KERNEL);
+				GFP_NOIO);
 		if (!new_interfaces) {
 			dev_err(&dev->dev, "Out of memory\n");
 			return -ENOMEM;
@@ -1691,7 +1691,7 @@ int usb_set_configuration(struct usb_dev
 		for (; n < nintf; ++n) {
 			new_interfaces[n] = kzalloc(
 					sizeof(struct usb_interface),
-					GFP_KERNEL);
+					GFP_NOIO);
 			if (!new_interfaces[n]) {
 				dev_err(&dev->dev, "Out of memory\n");
 				ret = -ENOMEM;


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