Re: [PATCH] input: misc: yealink: Replace GFP_ATOMIC with GFP_KERNEL in usb_probe()

From: Dmitry Torokhov
Date: Fri Jul 27 2018 - 14:36:01 EST


On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 10:20:07AM +0800, Jia-Ju Bai wrote:
> usb_probe() is never called in atomic context.
> It calls usb_alloc_coherent() with GFP_ATOMIC, which is not necessary.
> GFP_ATOMIC can be replaced with GFP_KERNEL.
>
> This is found by a static analysis tool named DCNS written by myself.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@xxxxxxxxx>

Applied, thank you.

> ---
> drivers/input/misc/yealink.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/input/misc/yealink.c b/drivers/input/misc/yealink.c
> index f0c9bf87b4e3..1365cd94ed9b 100644
> --- a/drivers/input/misc/yealink.c
> +++ b/drivers/input/misc/yealink.c
> @@ -894,12 +894,12 @@ static int usb_probe(struct usb_interface *intf, const struct usb_device_id *id)
>
> /* allocate usb buffers */
> yld->irq_data = usb_alloc_coherent(udev, USB_PKT_LEN,
> - GFP_ATOMIC, &yld->irq_dma);
> + GFP_KERNEL, &yld->irq_dma);
> if (yld->irq_data == NULL)
> return usb_cleanup(yld, -ENOMEM);
>
> yld->ctl_data = usb_alloc_coherent(udev, USB_PKT_LEN,
> - GFP_ATOMIC, &yld->ctl_dma);
> + GFP_KERNEL, &yld->ctl_dma);
> if (!yld->ctl_data)
> return usb_cleanup(yld, -ENOMEM);
>
> --
> 2.17.0
>

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Dmitry