The kernel module may sleep with holding a spinlock.
The function call paths (from bottom to top) in Linux-4.16 are:
[FUNC] nci_skb_alloc(GFP_KERNEL)
net/nfc/nci/uart.c, 349:
nci_skb_alloc in nci_uart_default_recv_buf
net/nfc/nci/uart.c, 255:
[FUNC_PTR]nci_uart_default_recv_buf in nci_uart_tty_receive
net/nfc/nci/uart.c, 254:
spin_lock in nci_uart_tty_receive
Note that [FUNC_PTR] means a function pointer call is used.
To fix this bug, GFP_KERNEL is replaced with GFP_ATOMIC.
This bug is found by my static analysis tool DSAC.
Signed-off-by: Jia-Ju Bai <[email protected]>
---
net/nfc/nci/uart.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/nfc/nci/uart.c b/net/nfc/nci/uart.c
index a66f102c6c01..040576dd73bb 100644
--- a/net/nfc/nci/uart.c
+++ b/net/nfc/nci/uart.c
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ static int nci_uart_default_recv_buf(struct nci_uart *nu, const u8 *data,
nu->rx_packet_len = -1;
nu->rx_skb = nci_skb_alloc(nu->ndev,
NCI_MAX_PACKET_SIZE,
- GFP_KERNEL);
+ GFP_ATOMIC);
if (!nu->rx_skb)
return -ENOMEM;
}
--
2.17.0