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* [PATCH] mac80211: fix GFP_KERNEL under tasklet context
@ 2018-10-23  3:24 yhchuang
  2018-10-23 13:56 ` Larry Finger
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: yhchuang @ 2018-10-23  3:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: johannes; +Cc: linux-wireless

From: Yan-Hsuan Chuang <yhchuang@realtek.com>

cfg80211_sta_opmode_change_notify needs a gfp_t flag to hint the nl80211
stack when allocating new skb, but it is called under tasklet context
here with GFP_KERNEL and kernel will yield a warning about it.

Fixes: ff84e7bfe176 ("mac80211: Add support to notify ht/vht opmode modification.")
Signed-off-by: Yan-Hsuan Chuang <yhchuang@realtek.com>
---
 net/mac80211/rx.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/mac80211/rx.c b/net/mac80211/rx.c
index 64742f2..03d3964f 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/rx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/rx.c
@@ -3028,7 +3028,7 @@ ieee80211_rx_h_action(struct ieee80211_rx_data *rx)
 			cfg80211_sta_opmode_change_notify(sdata->dev,
 							  rx->sta->addr,
 							  &sta_opmode,
-							  GFP_KERNEL);
+							  GFP_ATOMIC);
 			goto handled;
 		}
 		case WLAN_HT_ACTION_NOTIFY_CHANWIDTH: {
@@ -3065,7 +3065,7 @@ ieee80211_rx_h_action(struct ieee80211_rx_data *rx)
 			cfg80211_sta_opmode_change_notify(sdata->dev,
 							  rx->sta->addr,
 							  &sta_opmode,
-							  GFP_KERNEL);
+							  GFP_ATOMIC);
 			goto handled;
 		}
 		default:
-- 
2.7.4


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* Re: [PATCH] mac80211: fix GFP_KERNEL under tasklet context
  2018-10-23  3:24 [PATCH] mac80211: fix GFP_KERNEL under tasklet context yhchuang
@ 2018-10-23 13:56 ` Larry Finger
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Larry Finger @ 2018-10-23 13:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: yhchuang, johannes; +Cc: linux-wireless

On 10/22/18 10:24 PM, yhchuang@realtek.com wrote:
> From: Yan-Hsuan Chuang <yhchuang@realtek.com>
> 
> cfg80211_sta_opmode_change_notify needs a gfp_t flag to hint the nl80211
> stack when allocating new skb, but it is called under tasklet context
> here with GFP_KERNEL and kernel will yield a warning about it.
> 
> Fixes: ff84e7bfe176 ("mac80211: Add support to notify ht/vht opmode modification.")
> Signed-off-by: Yan-Hsuan Chuang <yhchuang@realtek.com>
> ---

ACKed-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>

Just in case a "Fixes" is not enough, please add

Cc: Stable <stable@vger.kernel.org> # v4.17+

Larry

>   net/mac80211/rx.c | 4 ++--
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/mac80211/rx.c b/net/mac80211/rx.c
> index 64742f2..03d3964f 100644
> --- a/net/mac80211/rx.c
> +++ b/net/mac80211/rx.c
> @@ -3028,7 +3028,7 @@ ieee80211_rx_h_action(struct ieee80211_rx_data *rx)
>   			cfg80211_sta_opmode_change_notify(sdata->dev,
>   							  rx->sta->addr,
>   							  &sta_opmode,
> -							  GFP_KERNEL);
> +							  GFP_ATOMIC);
>   			goto handled;
>   		}
>   		case WLAN_HT_ACTION_NOTIFY_CHANWIDTH: {
> @@ -3065,7 +3065,7 @@ ieee80211_rx_h_action(struct ieee80211_rx_data *rx)
>   			cfg80211_sta_opmode_change_notify(sdata->dev,
>   							  rx->sta->addr,
>   							  &sta_opmode,
> -							  GFP_KERNEL);
> +							  GFP_ATOMIC);
>   			goto handled;
>   		}
>   		default:
> 


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