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Subject: [PATCH 5/9] platform: goldfish: pipe: Update the comment for GFP_ATOMIC
From:   rkir@google.com
To:     gregkh@linuxfoundation.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, tkjos@google.com,
        Roman Kiryanov <rkir@google.com>
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From: Roman Kiryanov <rkir@google.com>

Provide an explanation why GFP_ATOMIC is needed to prevent changing it to
other values.

Signed-off-by: Roman Kiryanov <rkir@google.com>
---
 drivers/platform/goldfish/goldfish_pipe.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/platform/goldfish/goldfish_pipe.c b/drivers/platform/goldfish/goldfish_pipe.c
index 8f9580454154..a4db4d12b09c 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/goldfish/goldfish_pipe.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/goldfish/goldfish_pipe.c
@@ -639,7 +639,10 @@ static int get_free_pipe_id_locked(struct goldfish_pipe_dev *dev)
 			return id;
 
 	{
-		/* Reallocate the array */
+		/* Reallocate the array.
+		 * Since get_free_pipe_id_locked runs with interrupts disabled,
+		 * we don't want to make calls that could lead to sleep.
+		 */
 		u32 new_capacity = 2 * dev->pipes_capacity;
 		struct goldfish_pipe **pipes =
 			kcalloc(new_capacity, sizeof(*pipes), GFP_ATOMIC);
-- 
2.18.0.865.gffc8e1a3cd6-goog