linux-kernel - [PATCH for 4.9 07/39] qed: Fix possible system hang in the dcbnl-getdcbx() path.

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Date:   Mon, 18 Sep 2017 00:19:38 +0000
From:   "Levin, Alexander (Sasha Levin)" <alexander.levin@...izon.com>
To:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "stable@...r.kernel.org" <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     "sudarsana.kalluru@...ium.com" <sudarsana.kalluru@...ium.com>,
        "Sudarsana Reddy Kalluru" <Sudarsana.Kalluru@...ium.com>,
        Yuval Mintz <Yuval.Mintz@...ium.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "Levin, Alexander (Sasha Levin)" <alexander.levin@...izon.com>
Subject: [PATCH for 4.9 07/39] qed: Fix possible system hang in the
 dcbnl-getdcbx() path.

From: "sudarsana.kalluru@...ium.com" <sudarsana.kalluru@...ium.com>

[ Upstream commit 62289ba27558553871fd047baadaaeda886c6a63 ]

qed_dcbnl_get_dcbx() API uses kmalloc in GFT_KERNEL mode. The API gets
invoked in the interrupt context by qed_dcbnl_getdcbx callback. Need
to invoke this kmalloc in atomic mode.

Signed-off-by: Sudarsana Reddy Kalluru <Sudarsana.Kalluru@...ium.com>
Signed-off-by: Yuval Mintz <Yuval.Mintz@...ium.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@...izon.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_dcbx.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_dcbx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_dcbx.c
index a4789a93b692..9d59cb85c012 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_dcbx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_dcbx.c
@@ -1222,7 +1222,7 @@ static struct qed_dcbx_get *qed_dcbnl_get_dcbx(struct qed_hwfn *hwfn,
 {
 	struct qed_dcbx_get *dcbx_info;
 
-	dcbx_info = kzalloc(sizeof(*dcbx_info), GFP_KERNEL);
+	dcbx_info = kmalloc(sizeof(*dcbx_info), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!dcbx_info)
 		return NULL;
 
-- 
2.11.0