[PATCH for 4.9 07/39] qed: Fix possible system hang in the dcbnl-getdcbx() path.

From: Levin, Alexander (Sasha Levin)
Date: Sun Sep 17 2017 - 20:20:56 EST


From: "sudarsana.kalluru@xxxxxxxxxx" <sudarsana.kalluru@xxxxxxxxxx>

[ Upstream commit 62289ba27558553871fd047baadaaeda886c6a63 ]

qed_dcbnl_get_dcbx() API uses kmalloc in GFT_KERNEL mode. The API gets
invoked in the interrupt context by qed_dcbnl_getdcbx callback. Need
to invoke this kmalloc in atomic mode.

Signed-off-by: Sudarsana Reddy Kalluru <Sudarsana.Kalluru@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Yuval Mintz <Yuval.Mintz@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_dcbx.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_dcbx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_dcbx.c
index a4789a93b692..9d59cb85c012 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_dcbx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_dcbx.c
@@ -1222,7 +1222,7 @@ static struct qed_dcbx_get *qed_dcbnl_get_dcbx(struct qed_hwfn *hwfn,
{
struct qed_dcbx_get *dcbx_info;

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

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2.11.0