GFP_ATOMIC is not a single gfp flag, but a macro which expands to the other
flags, where meaningful is the LACK of __GFP_WAIT flag. To check if caller
wants to perform anatomic allocation, the code must test for a lack of the
__GFP_WAIT flag. This patch fixes the issue introduced in v3.5-rc1.
CC: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprow...@samsung.com>
---
arch/x86/kernel/pci-dma.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/pci-dma.c b/arch/x86/kernel/pci-dma.c
index 872079a..3519a78 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/pci-dma.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/pci-dma.c
@@ -100,8 +100,10 @@ void *dma_generic_alloc_coherent(struct device *dev,
size_t size,
flag |= __GFP_ZERO;
again:
page = NULL;
- if (!(flag & GFP_ATOMIC))
+ /* CMA can be used only in the context which allows sleeping */
+ if (flag & __GFP_WAIT)
page = dma_alloc_from_contiguous(dev, count, get_order(size));
+ /* fallback */
if (!page)
page = alloc_pages_node(dev_to_node(dev), flag,
get_order(size));
if (!page)
--
1.7.9.5
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