um: net: replace GFP_KERNEL with GFP_ATOMIC when spinlock is held
authorSaurabh Sengar <saurabh.truth@gmail.com>
Thu, 29 Oct 2015 15:30:32 +0000 (21:00 +0530)
committerRichard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
Fri, 6 Nov 2015 21:51:00 +0000 (22:51 +0100)
since GFP_KERNEL with GFP_ATOMIC while spinlock is held,
as code while holding a spinlock should be atomic.
GFP_KERNEL may sleep and can cause deadlock,
where as GFP_ATOMIC may fail but certainly avoids deadlockdex f70dd54..d898f6c 100644

Signed-off-by: Saurabh Sengar <saurabh.truth@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c

index f70dd54..9ef669d 100644 (file)
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ static const struct net_device_ops uml_netdev_ops = {
 static int driver_registered;
 
 static void eth_configure(int n, void *init, char *mac,
-                         struct transport *transport)
+                         struct transport *transport, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
        struct uml_net *device;
        struct net_device *dev;
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ static void eth_configure(int n, void *init, char *mac,
 
        size = transport->private_size + sizeof(struct uml_net_private);
 
-       device = kzalloc(sizeof(*device), GFP_KERNEL);
+       device = kzalloc(sizeof(*device), gfp_mask);
        if (device == NULL) {
                printk(KERN_ERR "eth_configure failed to allocate struct "
                       "uml_net\n");
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ static LIST_HEAD(transports);
 static LIST_HEAD(eth_cmd_line);
 
 static int check_transport(struct transport *transport, char *eth, int n,
-                          void **init_out, char **mac_out)
+                          void **init_out, char **mac_out, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
        int len;
 
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ static int check_transport(struct transport *transport, char *eth, int n,
        else if (*eth != '\0')
                return 0;
 
-       *init_out = kmalloc(transport->setup_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+       *init_out = kmalloc(transport->setup_size, gfp_mask);
        if (*init_out == NULL)
                return 1;
 
@@ -609,11 +609,11 @@ void register_transport(struct transport *new)
        list_for_each_safe(ele, next, &eth_cmd_line) {
                eth = list_entry(ele, struct eth_init, list);
                match = check_transport(new, eth->init, eth->index, &init,
-                                       &mac);
+                                       &mac, GFP_KERNEL);
                if (!match)
                        continue;
                else if (init != NULL) {
-                       eth_configure(eth->index, init, mac, new);
+                       eth_configure(eth->index, init, mac, new, GFP_KERNEL);
                        kfree(init);
                }
                list_del(&eth->list);
@@ -631,10 +631,11 @@ static int eth_setup_common(char *str, int index)
        spin_lock(&transports_lock);
        list_for_each(ele, &transports) {
                transport = list_entry(ele, struct transport, list);
-               if (!check_transport(transport, str, index, &init, &mac))
+               if (!check_transport(transport, str, index, &init,
+                                       &mac, GFP_ATOMIC))
                        continue;
                if (init != NULL) {
-                       eth_configure(index, init, mac, transport);
+                       eth_configure(index, init, mac, transport, GFP_ATOMIC);
                        kfree(init);
                }
                found = 1;