linux-kernel - [PATCH] drivers/scsi/aic7xxx_old.c: remove redundant GFP

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Date:	Fri, 4 May 2007 19:01:08 +0530 (IST)
From:	Satyam Sharma <ssatyam@....iitk.ac.in>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, rpjday@...dspring.com,
	james.bottomley@...eleye.com, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	dledford@...hat.com
Subject: [PATCH] drivers/scsi/aic7xxx_old.c: remove redundant GFP_ATOMIC from
 kmalloc

drivers/scsi/aic7xxx_old.c:aic7xxx_slave_alloc() unnecessarily passes 
GFP_ATOMIC (along with GFP_KERNEL) to kmalloc() from a context that is not 
atomic. Remove the pointless GFP_ATOMIC.

 	Signed-off-by: Satyam Sharma <ssatyam@....iitk.ac.in>

---

diff -ruNp linux-2.6.21.1/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx_old.c linux-2.6.21.1~patch/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx_old.c
--- linux-2.6.21.1/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx_old.c	2007-04-26 08:38:32.000000000 +0530
+++ linux-2.6.21.1~patch/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx_old.c	2007-05-04 17:47:26.000000000 +0530
@@ -6581,7 +6581,7 @@ aic7xxx_slave_alloc(struct scsi_device *
    struct aic7xxx_host *p = (struct aic7xxx_host *)SDptr->host->hostdata;
    struct aic_dev_data *aic_dev;

-  aic_dev = kmalloc(sizeof(struct aic_dev_data), GFP_ATOMIC | GFP_KERNEL);
+  aic_dev = kmalloc(sizeof(struct aic_dev_data), GFP_KERNEL);
    if(!aic_dev)
      return 1;
    /*
-
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