Re: [PATCH] net: nvidia: forcedeth: Replace GFP_ATOMIC with GFP_KERNEL in nv_probe()

From: David Miller
Date: Fri Jul 27 2018 - 17:12:40 EST


From: Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2018 16:29:31 +0800

> nv_probe() is never called in atomic context.
> It calls dma_alloc_coherent() with GFP_ATOMIC, which is not necessary.
> GFP_ATOMIC can be replaced with GFP_KERNEL.
>
> This is found by a static analysis tool named DCNS written by myself.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@xxxxxxxxx>

Applied.