linux-kernel - [PATCH] scsi: mpt3sas: Do not use GFP

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Date:   Sat, 20 Feb 2021 10:39:51 +0100
From:   Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
To:     sathya.prakash@...adcom.com, sreekanth.reddy@...adcom.com,
        suganath-prabu.subramani@...adcom.com, jejb@...ux.ibm.com,
        martin.petersen@...cle.com, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     MPT-FusionLinux.pdl@...adcom.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
Subject: [PATCH] scsi: mpt3sas: Do not use GFP_KERNEL in atomic context

'mpt3sas_get_port_by_id()' can be called when a spinlock is hold. So use
GFP_ATOMIC instead of GFP_KERNEL when allocating memory.

Issue spotted by call_kern.cocci:
./drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c:416:42-52: ERROR: function mpt3sas_get_port_by_id called on line 7125 inside lock on line 7123 but uses GFP_KERNEL
./drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c:416:42-52: ERROR: function mpt3sas_get_port_by_id called on line 6842 inside lock on line 6839 but uses GFP_KERNEL
./drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c:416:42-52: ERROR: function mpt3sas_get_port_by_id called on line 6854 inside lock on line 6851 but uses GFP_KERNEL
./drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c:416:42-52: ERROR: function mpt3sas_get_port_by_id called on line 7706 inside lock on line 7702 but uses GFP_KERNEL
./drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c:416:42-52: ERROR: function mpt3sas_get_port_by_id called on line 10260 inside lock on line 10256 but uses GFP_KERNEL

Fixes: 324c122fc0a4 ("scsi: mpt3sas: Add module parameter multipath_on_hba")
Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
---
 drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c
index ffca03064797..6aa6de729187 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ mpt3sas_get_port_by_id(struct MPT3SAS_ADAPTER *ioc,
 	 * And add this object to port_table_list.
 	 */
 	if (!ioc->multipath_on_hba) {
-		port = kzalloc(sizeof(struct hba_port), GFP_KERNEL);
+		port = kzalloc(sizeof(struct hba_port), GFP_ATOMIC);
 		if (!port)
 			return NULL;
 
-- 
2.27.0