netdev - [PATCH] sch_gred: should not use GFP_KERNEL while holding a spinlock

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Date:	Mon, 12 Dec 2011 10:42:53 +0100
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] sch_gred: should not use GFP_KERNEL while holding a spinlock

gred_change_vq() is called under sch_tree_lock(sch).

This means a spinlock is held, and we are not allowed to sleep in this
context.

We might pre-allocate memory using GFP_KERNEL before taking spinlock,
but this is not suitable for stable material.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
---
 net/sched/sch_gred.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/sched/sch_gred.c b/net/sched/sch_gred.c
index b9493a0..6cd8ddf 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_gred.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_gred.c
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ static inline int gred_change_vq(struct Qdisc *sch, int dp,
 	struct gred_sched_data *q;
 
 	if (table->tab[dp] == NULL) {
-		table->tab[dp] = kzalloc(sizeof(*q), GFP_KERNEL);
+		table->tab[dp] = kzalloc(sizeof(*q), GFP_ATOMIC);
 		if (table->tab[dp] == NULL)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 	}


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