Re: [PATCH] kernel: x86: apic: Replace GFP_ATOMIC with GFP_KERNEL in __add_pin_to_irq_node

[Ingo Molnar]

* Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1...@gmail.com> wrote:

> The function __add_pin_to_irq_node is not called in atomic context.
> Thus GFP_ATOMIC is not necessary, and it can be replaced with GFP_KERNEL.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1...@gmail.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
> index 201579d..665c013 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
> @@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ static int __add_pin_to_irq_node(struct mp_chip_data 
> *data,
>               if (entry->apic == apic && entry->pin == pin)
>                       return 0;
>  
> -     entry = kzalloc_node(sizeof(struct irq_pin_list), GFP_ATOMIC, node);
> +     entry = kzalloc_node(sizeof(struct irq_pin_list), GFP_KERNEL, node);
>       if (!entry) {
>               pr_err("can not alloc irq_pin_list (%d,%d,%d)\n",
>                      node, apic, pin);

NAK: this is called in an atomic section: with IRQs disabled ...

Thanks,

        Ingo