netdev - Re: [PATCH net v2] net: sched: don't use GFP

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Date:   Tue, 05 Sep 2017 14:49:29 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com, jiri@...nulli.us,
        chrism@...lanox.com, xiyou.wangcong@...il.com, jhs@...atatu.com,
        oss-drivers@...ronome.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2] net: sched: don't use GFP_KERNEL under spin lock

From: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
Date: Tue,  5 Sep 2017 08:31:23 -0700

> The new TC IDR code uses GFP_KERNEL under spin lock.  Which leads
> to:
 ...
> Try to preallocate the memory with idr_prealloc(GFP_KERNEL)
> (as suggested by Eric Dumazet), and change the allocation 
> flags under spin lock.
> 
> Fixes: 65a206c01e8e ("net/sched: Change act_api and act_xxx modules to use IDR")
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
> Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@...ronome.com>

Applied, thanks.