linux-kernel - [PATCH] media: pci: cobalt: Replace GFP_ATOMIC with GFP_KERNEL in cobalt

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Date:   Fri, 27 Jul 2018 11:07:04 +0800
From:   Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@...il.com>
To:     awalls@...metrocast.net, mchehab@...nel.org
Cc:     linux-media@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] media: pci: cobalt: Replace GFP_ATOMIC with GFP_KERNEL in cobalt_probe()

cobalt_probe() 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>
---
 drivers/media/pci/cobalt/cobalt-driver.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/cobalt/cobalt-driver.c b/drivers/media/pci/cobalt/cobalt-driver.c
index c8b1a6206c65..4885e833c052 100644
--- a/drivers/media/pci/cobalt/cobalt-driver.c
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/cobalt/cobalt-driver.c
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ static int cobalt_probe(struct pci_dev *pci_dev,
 	/* FIXME - module parameter arrays constrain max instances */
 	i = atomic_inc_return(&cobalt_instance) - 1;
 
-	cobalt = kzalloc(sizeof(struct cobalt), GFP_ATOMIC);
+	cobalt = kzalloc(sizeof(struct cobalt), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (cobalt == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	cobalt->pci_dev = pci_dev;
-- 
2.17.0