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From: Anton Ivanov <anton.ivanov@cambridgegreys.com>
To: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>,
	Wei Yongjun <weiyongjun1@huawei.com>
Cc: Song Liu <songliubraving@fb.com>,
	Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
	kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org,
	Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>,
	Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com>,
	linux-um@lists.infradead.org, Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, bpf@vger.kernel.org,
	Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@fb.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next] um: vector: use GFP_ATOMIC under spin lock
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2019 08:18:30 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5892ee7c-ff24-fb3c-6911-44e0b1d5895f@cambridgegreys.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20191128080641.GD1781@kadam>



On 28/11/2019 08:06, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 28, 2019 at 02:01:47AM +0000, Wei Yongjun wrote:
>> A spin lock is taken here so we should use GFP_ATOMIC.
>>
>> Fixes: 9807019a62dc ("um: Loadable BPF "Firmware" for vector drivers")
>> Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <weiyongjun1@huawei.com>
>> ---
>>   arch/um/drivers/vector_kern.c | 4 ++--
>>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/vector_kern.c b/arch/um/drivers/vector_kern.c
>> index 92617e16829e..6ff0065a271d 100644
>> --- a/arch/um/drivers/vector_kern.c
>> +++ b/arch/um/drivers/vector_kern.c
>> @@ -1402,7 +1402,7 @@ static int vector_net_load_bpf_flash(struct net_device *dev,
>>   		kfree(vp->bpf->filter);
>>   		vp->bpf->filter = NULL;
>>   	} else {
>> -		vp->bpf = kmalloc(sizeof(struct sock_fprog), GFP_KERNEL);
>> +		vp->bpf = kmalloc(sizeof(struct sock_fprog), GFP_ATOMIC);
>>   		if (vp->bpf == NULL) {
>>   			netdev_err(dev, "failed to allocate memory for firmware\n");
>>   			goto flash_fail;
>> @@ -1414,7 +1414,7 @@ static int vector_net_load_bpf_flash(struct net_device *dev,
>>   	if (request_firmware(&fw, efl->data, &vdevice->pdev.dev))
>              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> Is it really possible to call request_firmware() while holding a
> spin_lock?  I was so sure that read from the disk.

Works, I tested the patch quite a few times.


> 
> regards,
> dan carpenter
> 
>>   		goto flash_fail;
>>   
>> -	vp->bpf->filter = kmemdup(fw->data, fw->size, GFP_KERNEL);
>> +	vp->bpf->filter = kmemdup(fw->data, fw->size, GFP_ATOMIC);
>>   	if (!vp->bpf->filter)
>>   		goto free_buffer;
>>
>>
> 
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Anton R. Ivanov
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  reply	other threads:[~2019-11-28  8:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-11-28  2:01 [PATCH -next] um: vector: use GFP_ATOMIC under spin lock Wei Yongjun
2019-11-28  7:51 ` Anton Ivanov
2019-11-28  8:06 ` Dan Carpenter
2019-11-28  8:18   ` Anton Ivanov [this message]
2019-11-28  8:37     ` Dan Carpenter
2019-11-28  9:22       ` Anton Ivanov
2019-11-28  8:41     ` Richard Weinberger
2019-11-28  9:24       ` Anton Ivanov

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