> -----Original Message----- > From: Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1...@gmail.com> > Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2018 7:53 AM > To: KY Srinivasan <k...@microsoft.com>; Haiyang Zhang > <haiya...@microsoft.com>; Stephen Hemminger > <sthem...@microsoft.com>; bhelg...@google.com > Cc: de...@linuxdriverproject.org; linux-...@vger.kernel.org; linux- > ker...@vger.kernel.org; Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1...@gmail.com> > Subject: [PATCH 1/2] pci: host: pci-hyperv: Replace GFP_ATOMIC with > GFP_KERNEL in hv_pci_onchannelcallback > > hv_pci_onchannelcallback() is not called in atomic context. > > The call chain ending up at hv_pci_onchannelcallback() is: > [1] hv_pci_onchannelcallback() <- hv_pci_probe() > hv_pci_probe() is only set as ".probe" in hv_driver > structure "hv_pci_drv".
This function is setup as the function to handle interrupts on the channel. Hence the need for GFP_ATOMIC. K. Y > > Despite never getting called from atomic context, > hv_pci_onchannelcallback() calls kmalloc with GFP_ATOMIC, > which waits busily for allocation. > GFP_ATOMIC is not necessary and can be replaced with GFP_KERNEL > to avoid busy waiting. > > This is found by a static analysis tool named DCNS written by myself. > > Signed-off-by: Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1...@gmail.com> > --- > drivers/pci/host/pci-hyperv.c | 4 ++-- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/pci/host/pci-hyperv.c b/drivers/pci/host/pci-hyperv.c > index 0fe3ea1..c5c8a99 100644 > --- a/drivers/pci/host/pci-hyperv.c > +++ b/drivers/pci/host/pci-hyperv.c > @@ -1887,7 +1887,7 @@ static void hv_pci_onchannelcallback(void > *context) > struct pci_dev_incoming *dev_message; > struct hv_pci_dev *hpdev; > > - buffer = kmalloc(bufferlen, GFP_ATOMIC); > + buffer = kmalloc(bufferlen, GFP_KERNEL); > if (!buffer) > return; > > @@ -1899,7 +1899,7 @@ static void hv_pci_onchannelcallback(void > *context) > kfree(buffer); > /* Handle large packet */ > bufferlen = bytes_recvd; > - buffer = kmalloc(bytes_recvd, GFP_ATOMIC); > + buffer = kmalloc(bytes_recvd, GFP_KERNEL); > if (!buffer) > return; > continue; > -- > 1.9.1 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list de...@linuxdriverproject.org http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel
