The driver may sleep under a spinlock, and the function call path is:
rtw_surveydone_event_callback(acquire the spinlock)
rtw_createbss_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 <[email protected]>
---
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..430b8eb 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_cmd.c
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ u8 rtw_createbss_cmd(struct adapter *padapter)
else
RT_TRACE(_module_rtl871x_cmd_c_, _drv_info_, (" createbss for
SSid:%s\n", pmlmepriv->assoc_ssid.Ssid));
- pcmd = kzalloc(sizeof(struct cmd_obj), GFP_KERNEL);
+ pcmd = kzalloc(sizeof(struct cmd_obj), GFP_ATOMIC);
if (!pcmd) {
res = _FAIL;
goto exit;
--
1.7.9.5
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