Thread (13 messages) 13 messages, 4 authors, 2017-12-06

Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] net: macb: change GFP_ATOMIC to GFP_KERNEL

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From: Julia Lawall <hidden>
Date: 2017-12-06 05:49:22
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On Tue, 5 Dec 2017, Julia Cartwright wrote:
Now that the rx_fs_lock is no longer held across allocation, it's safe
to use GFP_KERNEL for allocating new entries.

This reverts commit 81da3bf6e3f88 ("net: macb: change GFP_KERNEL to
GFP_ATOMIC").

Cc: Julia Lawall <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Julia Cartwright <redacted>
Acked-by: Julia Lawall <redacted>

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---
 drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
index 758e8b3042b2..234667eaaa92 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
@@ -2800,7 +2800,7 @@ static int gem_add_flow_filter(struct net_device *netdev,
 	int ret = -EINVAL;
 	bool added = false;

-	newfs = kmalloc(sizeof(*newfs), GFP_ATOMIC);
+	newfs = kmalloc(sizeof(*newfs), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (newfs == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	memcpy(&newfs->fs, fs, sizeof(newfs->fs));
--
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