broxton_audio_probe() is never called in atomic context. This function is only set as ".probe" in "struct platform_driver".
Despite never getting called from atomic context, broxton_audio_probe() calls devm_kzalloc() with GFP_ATOMIC, which waits busily for allocation. GFP_ATOMIC is not necessary and can be replaced with GFP_KERNEL, to avoid busy waiting and improve the possibility of sucessful allocation. This is found by a static analysis tool named DCNS written by myself. Signed-off-by: Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1...@gmail.com> --- sound/soc/intel/boards/bxt_rt298.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/boards/bxt_rt298.c b/sound/soc/intel/boards/bxt_rt298.c index 7843104..8257830 100644 --- a/sound/soc/intel/boards/bxt_rt298.c +++ b/sound/soc/intel/boards/bxt_rt298.c @@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ static int broxton_audio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) } } - ctx = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*ctx), GFP_ATOMIC); + ctx = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*ctx), GFP_KERNEL); if (!ctx) return -ENOMEM; -- 1.9.1