The driver may sleep under a spinlock, and the function call path is:
rtw_set_802_11_bssid(acquire the spinlock)
  rtw_disassoc_cmd
    kzalloc(GFP_KERNEL) --> may sleep

To fix it, GFP_KERNEL is replaced with GFP_ATOMIC.
This bug is found by my static analysis tool and my code review.

Signed-off-by: Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1...@163.com>
---
 drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_cmd.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_cmd.c 
b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_cmd.c
index 9461bce..65083a7 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_cmd.c
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ u8 rtw_disassoc_cmd(struct adapter *padapter, u32 
deauth_timeout_ms, bool enqueu
 
        if (enqueue) {
                /* need enqueue, prepare cmd_obj and enqueue */
-               cmdobj = kzalloc(sizeof(*cmdobj), GFP_KERNEL);
+               cmdobj = kzalloc(sizeof(*cmdobj), GFP_ATOMIC);
                if (!cmdobj) {
                        res = _FAIL;
                        kfree(param);
-- 
1.7.9.5


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