Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752126Ab2HCJfM (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Aug 2012 05:35:12 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:18001 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751192Ab2HCJfL (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Aug 2012 05:35:11 -0400 Message-ID: <1343986487.20871.2.camel@cr0> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] netpoll: use GFP_ATOMIC in slave_enable_netpoll() and __netpoll_setup() From: Cong Wang To: Eric Dumazet Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, "David S. Miller" , Jay Vosburgh , Andy Gospodarek , Eric Dumazet , Cong Wang , Joe Perches , Neil Horman , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2012 17:34:47 +0800 In-Reply-To: <1343985428.9299.868.camel@edumazet-glaptop> References: <1343403484-29347-1-git-send-email-amwang@redhat.com> <1343403484-29347-2-git-send-email-amwang@redhat.com> <1343985428.9299.868.camel@edumazet-glaptop> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2066 Lines: 59 On Fri, 2012-08-03 at 11:17 +0200, Eric Dumazet wrote: > On Fri, 2012-07-27 at 23:37 +0800, Cong Wang wrote: > > slave_enable_netpoll() and __netpoll_setup() may be called > > with read_lock() held, so should use GFP_ATOMIC to allocate > > memory. > > > > Cc: "David S. Miller" > > Reported-by: Dan Carpenter > > Signed-off-by: Cong Wang > > --- > > drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c | 2 +- > > net/core/netpoll.c | 2 +- > > 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c > > index 6fae5f3..ab773d4 100644 > > --- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c > > +++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c > > @@ -1235,7 +1235,7 @@ static inline int slave_enable_netpoll(struct slave *slave) > > struct netpoll *np; > > int err = 0; > > > > - np = kzalloc(sizeof(*np), GFP_KERNEL); > > + np = kzalloc(sizeof(*np), GFP_ATOMIC); > > err = -ENOMEM; > > if (!np) > > goto out; > > diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c > > index b4c90e4..c78a966 100644 > > --- a/net/core/netpoll.c > > +++ b/net/core/netpoll.c > > @@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ int __netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np, struct net_device *ndev) > > } > > > > if (!ndev->npinfo) { > > - npinfo = kmalloc(sizeof(*npinfo), GFP_KERNEL); > > + npinfo = kmalloc(sizeof(*npinfo), GFP_ATOMIC); > > if (!npinfo) { > > err = -ENOMEM; > > goto out; > > Yes this works, but maybe you instead could pass/add a gfp_t flags > argument to __netpoll_setup() ? > > Management tasks should allow GFP_KERNEL allocations to have less > failure risks. > > Its sad bonding uses the rwlock here instead of a mutex > Yup, that is a good idea. I will update this patch. Thanks! -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/