linux-kernel - [PATCH] pch_dma: Use GFP_ATOMIC because called from interrupt context

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Date:	Tue, 12 Feb 2013 11:25:33 +0900
From:	Tomoya MORINAGA <tomoya.rohm@...il.com>
To:	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
	Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@...el.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Tomoya MORINAGA <tomoya.rohm@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] pch_dma: Use GFP_ATOMIC because called from interrupt context

pdc_desc_get() is called from pd_prep_slave_sg, and the function is
called from interrupt context(e.g. Uart driver "pch_uart.c").
In fact, I saw kernel error message.
So, GFP_ATOMIC must be used not GFP_NOIO.

Signed-off-by: Tomoya MORINAGA <tomoya.rohm@...il.com>
---
 drivers/dma/pch_dma.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/dma/pch_dma.c b/drivers/dma/pch_dma.c
index 987ab5c..d5cbd44 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/pch_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/pch_dma.c
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ static struct pch_dma_desc *pdc_desc_get(struct pch_dma_chan *pd_chan)
 	dev_dbg(chan2dev(&pd_chan->chan), "scanned %d descriptors\n", i);
 
 	if (!ret) {
-		ret = pdc_alloc_desc(&pd_chan->chan, GFP_NOIO);
+		ret = pdc_alloc_desc(&pd_chan->chan, GFP_ATOMIC);
 		if (ret) {
 			spin_lock(&pd_chan->lock);
 			pd_chan->descs_allocated++;
-- 
1.7.4.4

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