Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/7] netpoll: use GFP_ATOMIC in slave_enable_netpoll() and __netpoll_setup() | From | Cong Wang <> | Date | Fri, 03 Aug 2012 17:34:47 +0800 |
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On Fri, 2012-08-03 at 11:17 +0200, Eric Dumazet wrote: > On Fri, 2012-07-27 at 23:37 +0800, Cong Wang wrote: > > slave_enable_netpoll() and __netpoll_setup() may be called > > with read_lock() held, so should use GFP_ATOMIC to allocate > > memory. > > > > Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> > > Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com> > > Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <amwang@redhat.com> > > --- > > drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c | 2 +- > > net/core/netpoll.c | 2 +- > > 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c > > index 6fae5f3..ab773d4 100644 > > --- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c > > +++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c > > @@ -1235,7 +1235,7 @@ static inline int slave_enable_netpoll(struct slave *slave) > > struct netpoll *np; > > int err = 0; > > > > - np = kzalloc(sizeof(*np), GFP_KERNEL); > > + np = kzalloc(sizeof(*np), GFP_ATOMIC); > > err = -ENOMEM; > > if (!np) > > goto out; > > diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c > > index b4c90e4..c78a966 100644 > > --- a/net/core/netpoll.c > > +++ b/net/core/netpoll.c > > @@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ int __netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np, struct net_device *ndev) > > } > > > > if (!ndev->npinfo) { > > - npinfo = kmalloc(sizeof(*npinfo), GFP_KERNEL); > > + npinfo = kmalloc(sizeof(*npinfo), GFP_ATOMIC); > > if (!npinfo) { > > err = -ENOMEM; > > goto out; > > Yes this works, but maybe you instead could pass/add a gfp_t flags > argument to __netpoll_setup() ? > > Management tasks should allow GFP_KERNEL allocations to have less > failure risks. > > Its sad bonding uses the rwlock here instead of a mutex >
Yup, that is a good idea. I will update this patch.
Thanks!
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