On Tue 03-03-15 21:22:22, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> Michal Hocko wrote:
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c 
> > b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c
> > index ccf3436024bc..f351920fc293 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c
> > @@ -1220,6 +1220,10 @@ static int set_filter_wr(struct adapter *adapter, 
> > int fidx)
> >     struct fw_filter_wr *fwr;
> >     unsigned int ftid;
> >  
> > +   skb = alloc_skb(sizeof(*fwr), GFP_KERNEL);
> > +   if (!skb)
> > +           return -ENOMEM;
> > +
> >     /* If the new filter requires loopback Destination MAC and/or VLAN
> >      * rewriting then we need to allocate a Layer 2 Table (L2T) entry for
> >      * the filter.
> > @@ -1227,19 +1231,21 @@ static int set_filter_wr(struct adapter *adapter, 
> > int fidx)
> >     if (f->fs.newdmac || f->fs.newvlan) {
> >             /* allocate L2T entry for new filter */
> >             f->l2t = t4_l2t_alloc_switching(adapter->l2t);
> > -           if (f->l2t == NULL)
> > +           if (f->l2t == NULL) {
> > +                   kfree(skb);
> 
> I think we need to use kfree_skb() than kfree() for memory allocated by 
> alloc_skb().

Definitely! Good point, thanks!

Andrew, I've noticed you have picked up the patch. Should I resend or
the below incremental one is good enough?
---
>From eee05867dd55efa236ba065a3e7b7eb6e6ea511d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michal Hocko <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2015 14:16:30 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] mmotm: cxgb4-drop-__gfp_nofail-allocation-fix

Use kfree_skb instead of kfree because the allocation is done by
alloc_skb.

Reported-by: Tetsuo Handa <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <[email protected]>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c 
b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c
index f351920fc293..e1e5028a714c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c
@@ -1232,14 +1232,14 @@ static int set_filter_wr(struct adapter *adapter, int 
fidx)
                /* allocate L2T entry for new filter */
                f->l2t = t4_l2t_alloc_switching(adapter->l2t);
                if (f->l2t == NULL) {
-                       kfree(skb);
+                       kfree_skb(skb);
                        return -EAGAIN;
                }
                if (t4_l2t_set_switching(adapter, f->l2t, f->fs.vlan,
                                        f->fs.eport, f->fs.dmac)) {
                        cxgb4_l2t_release(f->l2t);
                        f->l2t = NULL;
-                       kfree(skb);
+                       kfree_skb(skb);
                        return -ENOMEM;
                }
        }
-- 
2.1.4


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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs
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