linux-kernel - [PATCH] staging: rtl8192u: Do not use GFP

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Date:   Thu, 13 Aug 2020 19:34:58 +0200
From:   Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
To:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, stephen@...nnan.io,
        rohitsarkar5398@...il.com, pterjan@...gle.com,
        paulo.miguel.almeida.rodenas@...il.com, okash.khawaja@...il.com
Cc:     devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
Subject: [PATCH] staging: rtl8192u: Do not use GFP_KERNEL in atomic context

'rtl8192_irq_rx_tasklet()' is a tasklet initialized in
'rtl8192_init_priv_task()'.
>From this function it is possible to allocate some memory with the
GFP_KERNEL flag, which is not allowed in the atomic context of a tasklet.

Use GFP_ATOMIC instead.

The call chain is:
  rtl8192_irq_rx_tasklet            (in r8192U_core.c)
    --> rtl8192_rx_nomal            (in r8192U_core.c)
      --> ieee80211_rx              (in ieee80211/ieee80211_rx.c)
        --> RxReorderIndicatePacket (in ieee80211/ieee80211_rx.c)

Fixes: 79a5ccd97209 ("staging: rtl8192u: fix large frame size compiler warning")
Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
---
 drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_rx.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_rx.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_rx.c
index 195d963c4fbb..b6fee7230ce0 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_rx.c
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ static void RxReorderIndicatePacket(struct ieee80211_device *ieee,
 
 	prxbIndicateArray = kmalloc_array(REORDER_WIN_SIZE,
 					  sizeof(struct ieee80211_rxb *),
-					  GFP_KERNEL);
+					  GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!prxbIndicateArray)
 		return;
 
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