linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] UVC: use GFP

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Date:	Thu, 22 Nov 2012 13:38:20 +0100
From:	Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>
To:	balbi@...com
Cc:	walter harms <wharms@....de>, Cyril Roelandt <tipecaml@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] UVC: use GFP_ATOMIC under spin lock.

On Thursday 22 November 2012 14:22:23 Felipe Balbi wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 09:09:57AM +0100, walter harms wrote:
> > Am 19.11.2012 22:34, schrieb Cyril Roelandt:
> > > Found using the following semantic patch:
> > > <spml>
> > > @@
> > > @@
> > > spin_lock_irqsave(...);
> > > ... when != spin_unlock_irqrestore(...);
> > > * GFP_KERNEL
> > > </spml>
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Cyril Roelandt <tipecaml@...il.com>
> > > ---
> > > 
> > >  drivers/usb/gadget/uvc_video.c |    2 +-
> > >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/uvc_video.c
> > > b/drivers/usb/gadget/uvc_video.c index b0e53a8..79b4132 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/usb/gadget/uvc_video.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/uvc_video.c
> > > @@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ uvc_video_pump(struct uvc_video *video)
> > > 
> > >  		video->encode(req, video, buf);
> > >  		
> > >  		/* Queue the USB request */
> > > 
> > > -		if ((ret = usb_ep_queue(video->ep, req, GFP_KERNEL)) < 0) {
> > > +		if ((ret = usb_ep_queue(video->ep, req, GFP_ATOMIC)) < 0) {
> > > 
> > >  			printk(KERN_INFO "Failed to queue request (%d)\n", ret);
> > >  			usb_ep_set_halt(video->ep);
> > >  			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&video->queue.irqlock, flags);
> > 
> > IMHO, this should be two lines, aka:
> > 
> > ret = usb_ep_queue(video->ep, req, GFP_KERNEL);
> > if (ret<0)
> 
> correct, please resend with the fix.

I agree as well.

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart

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