[PATCH 4.9 064/104] qed: Fix possible system hang in the dcbnl-getdcbx() path.

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

4.9-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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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>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_dcbx.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- 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_ge
 {
 	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;