After checking all possible call chains to acpi_os_execute here, my tool finds that acpi_os_execute is never called in atomic context. And acpi_os_execute calls acpi_debugger_create_thread which calls mutex_lock, thus it proves again that acpi_os_execute can call functions which may sleep. Thus GFP_ATOMIC is not necessary, and it can be replaced with GFP_KERNEL.
This is found by a static analysis tool named DCNS written by myself. Signed-off-by: Jia-Ju Bai <[email protected]> --- drivers/acpi/osl.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/acpi/osl.c b/drivers/acpi/osl.c index 3bb46cb..8ee605e 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/osl.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/osl.c @@ -1066,7 +1066,7 @@ acpi_status acpi_os_execute(acpi_execute_type type, * having a static work_struct. */ - dpc = kzalloc(sizeof(struct acpi_os_dpc), GFP_ATOMIC); + dpc = kzalloc(sizeof(struct acpi_os_dpc), GFP_KERNEL); if (!dpc) return AE_NO_MEMORY; -- 1.7.9.5
