[PATCH 06/19] s390/dasd: Use GFP_KERNEL in dasd_alloc_device()

From
Stefan Haberland <sth@linux.ibm.com>
Date
2026-08-05 11:16:26
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Stefan Haberland, 2026-08-05
dasd_alloc_device() runs in process context (device set_online), so its
pool allocations do not need GFP_ATOMIC. Use GFP_KERNEL instead, which is
more reliable, especially for the larger DMA allocations that later ESE
full-track work adds here.

No functional change intended.

Reviewed-by: Jan Höppner <hoeppner@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Haberland <sth@linux.ibm.com>
---
 drivers/s390/block/dasd.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c b/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c
index 34b563917098..12fa04537fb0 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c
@@ -87,25 +87,25 @@ struct dasd_device *dasd_alloc_device(void)
 {
 	struct dasd_device *device;
 
-	device = kzalloc_obj(struct dasd_device, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	device = kzalloc_obj(struct dasd_device, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!device)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
 	/* Get two pages for normal block device operations. */
-	device->ccw_mem = (void *) __get_free_pages(GFP_ATOMIC | GFP_DMA, 1);
+	device->ccw_mem = (void *)__get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA, 1);
 	if (!device->ccw_mem) {
 		kfree(device);
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	}
 	/* Get one page for error recovery. */
-	device->erp_mem = (void *) get_zeroed_page(GFP_ATOMIC | GFP_DMA);
+	device->erp_mem = (void *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA);
 	if (!device->erp_mem) {
 		free_pages((unsigned long) device->ccw_mem, 1);
 		kfree(device);
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	}
 	/* Get two pages for ese format. */
-	device->ese_mem = (void *)__get_free_pages(GFP_ATOMIC | GFP_DMA, 1);
+	device->ese_mem = (void *)__get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA, 1);
 	if (!device->ese_mem) {
 		free_page((unsigned long) device->erp_mem);
 		free_pages((unsigned long) device->ccw_mem, 1);
-- 
2.53.0
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