Re: [PATCH] net: wireless: ath6kl: Replace GFP_ATOMIC with GFP_KERNEL in ath6kl_bmi_init()

From: Kalle Valo
Date: Tue Jul 31 2018 - 03:50:29 EST


Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> ath6kl_bmi_init() is never called in atomic context.
> It calls kzalloc() 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>
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks.

bfc55fe65987 ath6kl: replace GFP_ATOMIC with GFP_KERNEL in ath6kl_bmi_init()

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10546741/

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