linux-kernel - [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: use GFP

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Message-Id: <20211108105537.31655-1-straube.linux@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon,  8 Nov 2021 11:55:37 +0100
From:   Michael Straube <straube.linux@...il.com>
To:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc:     Larry.Finger@...inger.net, phil@...lpotter.co.uk,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Michael Straube <straube.linux@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: use GFP_ATOMIC under spinlock

In function rtw_report_sec_ie() kzalloc() is called under a spinlock,
so the allocation have to be atomic.

Call tree:

-> rtw_select_and_join_from_scanned_queue() <- takes a spinlock
   -> rtw_joinbss_cmd()
      -> rtw_restruct_sec_ie()
         -> rtw_report_sec_ie()

Fixes: 2b42bd58b321 ("staging: r8188eu: introduce new os_dep dir for RTL8188eu driver")
Signed-off-by: Michael Straube <straube.linux@...il.com>
---
 drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/mlme_linux.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/mlme_linux.c b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/mlme_linux.c
index a9b6ffdbf31a..f7ce724ebf87 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/mlme_linux.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/mlme_linux.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ void rtw_report_sec_ie(struct adapter *adapter, u8 authmode, u8 *sec_ie)
 
 	buff = NULL;
 	if (authmode == _WPA_IE_ID_) {
-		buff = kzalloc(IW_CUSTOM_MAX, GFP_KERNEL);
+		buff = kzalloc(IW_CUSTOM_MAX, GFP_ATOMIC);
 		if (!buff)
 			return;
 		p = buff;
-- 
2.33.1