netdev - [PATCH] brcmfmac: Avoid GFP_ATOMIC when GFP

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Date:   Mon, 19 Apr 2021 21:35:17 +0200
From:   Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
To:     aspriel@...il.com, franky.lin@...adcom.com,
        hante.meuleman@...adcom.com, chi-hsien.lin@...ineon.com,
        wright.feng@...ineon.com, chung-hsien.hsu@...ineon.com,
        kvalo@...eaurora.org, davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org
Cc:     linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        brcm80211-dev-list.pdl@...adcom.com,
        SHA-cyfmac-dev-list@...ineon.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
Subject: [PATCH] brcmfmac: Avoid GFP_ATOMIC when GFP_KERNEL is enough

A workqueue is not atomic, so constraints can be relaxed here.
GFP_KERNEL can be used instead of GFP_ATOMIC.

Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c
index ea78fe527c5d..838b09b23abf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ static void _brcmf_set_multicast_list(struct work_struct *work)
 	/* Send down the multicast list first. */
 	cnt = netdev_mc_count(ndev);
 	buflen = sizeof(cnt) + (cnt * ETH_ALEN);
-	buf = kmalloc(buflen, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	buf = kmalloc(buflen, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!buf)
 		return;
 	bufp = buf;
-- 
2.27.0