[PATCH 1/7] netpoll: use GFP_ATOMIC in slave_enable_netpoll() and __netpoll_setup()

From: Cong Wang
Date: Fri Jul 27 2012 - 11:39:16 EST


slave_enable_netpoll() and __netpoll_setup() may be called
with read_lock() held, so should use GFP_ATOMIC to allocate
memory.

Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <amwang@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c | 2 +-
net/core/netpoll.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index 6fae5f3..ab773d4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -1235,7 +1235,7 @@ static inline int slave_enable_netpoll(struct slave *slave)
struct netpoll *np;
int err = 0;

- np = kzalloc(sizeof(*np), GFP_KERNEL);
+ np = kzalloc(sizeof(*np), GFP_ATOMIC);
err = -ENOMEM;
if (!np)
goto out;
diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c
index b4c90e4..c78a966 100644
--- a/net/core/netpoll.c
+++ b/net/core/netpoll.c
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ int __netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np, struct net_device *ndev)
}

if (!ndev->npinfo) {
- npinfo = kmalloc(sizeof(*npinfo), GFP_KERNEL);
+ npinfo = kmalloc(sizeof(*npinfo), GFP_ATOMIC);
if (!npinfo) {
err = -ENOMEM;
goto out;
--
1.7.7.6

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