netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: dsa: qca8k: Fix "Unexpected gfp" kernel exception

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Date:   Thu, 04 Jun 2020 15:48:02 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     michal.vokac@...ft.com
Cc:     andrew@...n.ch, vivien.didelot@...il.com, f.fainelli@...il.com,
        kuba@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: dsa: qca8k: Fix "Unexpected gfp" kernel
 exception

From: Michal Vokáč <michal.vokac@...ft.com>
Date: Wed,  3 Jun 2020 13:31:39 +0200

> Commit 7e99e3470172 ("net: dsa: remove dsa_switch_alloc helper")
> replaced the dsa_switch_alloc helper by devm_kzalloc in all DSA
> drivers. Unfortunately it introduced a typo in qca8k.c driver and
> wrong argument is passed to the devm_kzalloc function.
> 
> This fix mitigates the following kernel exception:
 ...
> Fixes: 7e99e3470172 ("net: dsa: remove dsa_switch_alloc helper")
> Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org>

Please do not CC: stable for networking changes.

> Signed-off-by: Michal Vokáč <michal.vokac@...ft.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thank you.