[PATCH] mac80211: Use GFP_KERNEL instead of GFP_ATOMIC when possible
From: Christophe JAILLET <hidden>
Date: 2022-02-20 08:23:27
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kernel-janitors, linux-wireless, lkml
Subsystem:
mac80211, the rest · Maintainers:
Johannes Berg, Linus Torvalds
Previous memory allocations in this function already use GFP_KERNEL, so use __dev_alloc_skb() and an explicit GFP_KERNEL instead of an implicit GFP_ATOMIC. This gives more opportunities of successful allocation. Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <redacted> --- net/mac80211/mesh.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/mac80211/mesh.c b/net/mac80211/mesh.c
index 1d3b4ad32965..5275f4f32a78 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mesh.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mesh.c@@ -853,7 +853,7 @@ ieee80211_mesh_build_beacon(struct ieee80211_if_mesh *ifmsh) bcn = kzalloc(sizeof(*bcn) + head_len + tail_len, GFP_KERNEL); /* need an skb for IE builders to operate on */ - skb = dev_alloc_skb(max(head_len, tail_len)); + skb = __dev_alloc_skb(max(head_len, tail_len), GFP_KERNEL); if (!bcn || !skb) goto out_free;
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2.32.0