linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] crypto: crypto_user: Replace GFP_ATOMIC with GFP_KERNEL in crypto

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Date:   Thu, 15 Feb 2018 23:43:21 +0800
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@...il.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: crypto_user: Replace GFP_ATOMIC with GFP_KERNEL
 in crypto_report

On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 06:06:02PM +0800, Jia-Ju Bai wrote:
> After checking all possible call chains to crypto_report here,
> my tool finds that crypto_report is never called in atomic context.
> And crypto_report calls crypto_alg_match which calls down_read, 
> thus it proves again that crypto_report can call functions which may sleep.
> Thus GFP_ATOMIC is not necessary, and it 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@...il.com>

Patch applied.  Thanks.
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