Re: [PATCH] net: ieee802154: atusb: Replace GFP_ATOMIC with GFP_KERNEL in atusb_probe

Hello. On 04/11/2018 04:14 AM, Jia-Ju Bai wrote: > atusb_probe() is never called in atomic context. > This function is only set as ".probe" in struct usb_driver. > > Despite never getting called from atomic context, > atusb_probe() calls usb_alloc_urb() with GFP_ATOMIC, > which does not sleep for

[PATCH] net: ieee802154: atusb: Replace GFP_ATOMIC with GFP_KERNEL in atusb_probe

atusb_probe() is never called in atomic context. This function is only set as ".probe" in struct usb_driver. Despite never getting called from atomic context, atusb_probe() calls usb_alloc_urb() with GFP_ATOMIC, which does not sleep for allocation. GFP_ATOMIC is not necessary and can be replaced w