netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: wireless: ath6kl: Replace GFP_ATOMIC with GFP_KERNEL in ath6kl_bmi

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Date:   Tue, 31 Jul 2018 07:50:27 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@...il.com>
Cc:     kvalo@....qualcomm.com, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: wireless: ath6kl: Replace GFP_ATOMIC with GFP_KERNEL
 in ath6kl_bmi_init()

Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@...il.com> wrote:

> ath6kl_bmi_init() is never called in atomic context.
> It calls kzalloc() 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@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>

Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks.

bfc55fe65987 ath6kl: replace GFP_ATOMIC with GFP_KERNEL in ath6kl_bmi_init()

-- 
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10546741/

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches