linux-kernel - [PATCH net] atl1c: Improve driver not to do order 4 GFP

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Date:	Thu, 3 Dec 2015 16:59:05 +0100
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>, davem@...emloft.net,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Cc:	kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, jcliburn@...il.com,
	chris.snook@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	nic-devel@...lcomm.com, ronangeles@...il.com, ebiederm@...ssion.com
Subject: [PATCH net] atl1c: Improve driver not to do order 4 GFP_ATOMIC
 allocation


atl1c driver is doing order-4 allocation with GFP_ATOMIC
priority. That often breaks  networking after resume. Switch to
GFP_KERNEL. Still not ideal, but should be significantly better.

atl1c_setup_ring_resources() is called from .open() function, and
already uses GFP_KERNEL, so this change is safe.
    
Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c_main.c
index 2795d6d..afb71e0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c_main.c
@@ -1016,10 +1016,10 @@ static int atl1c_setup_ring_resources(struct atl1c_adapter *adapter)
 		sizeof(struct atl1c_recv_ret_status) * rx_desc_count +
 		8 * 4;
 
-	ring_header->desc = pci_alloc_consistent(pdev, ring_header->size,
-				&ring_header->dma);
+	ring_header->desc = dma_alloc_coherent(&pdev->dev, ring_header->size,
+					       &ring_header->dma, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (unlikely(!ring_header->desc)) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "pci_alloc_consistend failed\n");
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "could not get memory for DMA buffer\n");
 		goto err_nomem;
 	}
 	memset(ring_header->desc, 0, ring_header->size);


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