netdev - [PATCH net 3/4] qed: Fix possible system hang in the dcbnl-getdcbx() path.

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Message-ID: <20170419101955.26444-4-sudarsana.kalluru@cavium.com>
Date:   Wed, 19 Apr 2017 03:19:54 -0700
From:   Sudarsana Reddy Kalluru <sudarsana.kalluru@...ium.com>
To:     <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:     <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <Yuval.Mintz@...ium.com>
Subject: [PATCH net 3/4] qed: Fix possible system hang in the dcbnl-getdcbx() path.

qed_dcbnl_get_dcbx() API uses kmalloc in GFT_KERNEL mode. The API gets
invoked in the interrupt context by qed_dcbnl_getdcbx callback. Need
to invoke this kmalloc in atomic mode.

Signed-off-by: Sudarsana Reddy Kalluru <Sudarsana.Kalluru@...ium.com>
Signed-off-by: Yuval Mintz <Yuval.Mintz@...ium.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_dcbx.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_dcbx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_dcbx.c
index ff058a3..8f0783a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_dcbx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_dcbx.c
@@ -1264,7 +1264,7 @@ static struct qed_dcbx_get *qed_dcbnl_get_dcbx(struct qed_hwfn *hwfn,
 {
 	struct qed_dcbx_get *dcbx_info;

-	dcbx_info = kzalloc(sizeof(*dcbx_info), GFP_KERNEL);
+	dcbx_info = kmalloc(sizeof(*dcbx_info), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!dcbx_info)
 		return NULL;

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