[PATCH 2/2] pci: host: pci-hyperv: Replace GFP_ATOMIC with GFP_KERNEL in new_pcichild_device

From: Jia-Ju Bai
Date: Sun Mar 18 2018 - 10:53:39 EST


new_pcichild_device() is not called in atomic context.

The call chain ending up at new_pcichild_device() is:
[1] new_pcichild_device() <- pci_devices_present_work()
pci_devices_present_work() is only set in INIT_WORK().

Despite never getting called from atomic context,
new_pcichild_device() calls kzalloc with GFP_ATOMIC,
which waits busily for allocation.
GFP_ATOMIC is not necessary and can be replaced with GFP_KERNEL
to avoid busy waiting.

This is found by a static analysis tool named DCNS written by myself.

Signed-off-by: Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/pci/host/pci-hyperv.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/pci/host/pci-hyperv.c b/drivers/pci/host/pci-hyperv.c
index 0fe3ea1..289e31d 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/host/pci-hyperv.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/host/pci-hyperv.c
@@ -1500,7 +1500,7 @@ static struct hv_pci_dev *new_pcichild_device(struct hv_pcibus_device *hbus,
unsigned long flags;
int ret;

- hpdev = kzalloc(sizeof(*hpdev), GFP_ATOMIC);
+ hpdev = kzalloc(sizeof(*hpdev), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!hpdev)
return NULL;

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