[PATCH][net-next] nfp: flower: use GFP_KERNEL in idr_preload

From: lirongqing

Date: Thu Feb 05 2026 - 01:00:40 EST


From: Li RongQing <lirongqing@xxxxxxxxx>

idr_preload() is called in a sleepable context before acquiring a
spinlock. Change the allocation flag from GFP_ATOMIC to GFP_KERNEL
to allow direct reclaim and improve allocation success rate under
memory pressure.

Signed-off-by: Li RongQing <lirongqing@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/flower/main.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/flower/main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/flower/main.c
index 83eaa5a..8f232c6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/flower/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/flower/main.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ nfp_flower_get_internal_port_id(struct nfp_app *app, struct net_device *netdev)
if (id > 0)
return id;

- idr_preload(GFP_ATOMIC);
+ idr_preload(GFP_KERNEL);
spin_lock_bh(&priv->internal_ports.lock);
id = idr_alloc(&priv->internal_ports.port_ids, netdev,
NFP_MIN_INT_PORT_ID, NFP_MAX_INT_PORT_ID, GFP_ATOMIC);
--
2.9.4