Re: [PATCH] watchdog: pcwd_usb: Avoid GFP_ATOMIC where it is not needed

From: Guenter Roeck
Date: Sun Aug 09 2020 - 09:38:53 EST


On 8/9/20 12:19 AM, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> There is no need to use GFP_ATOMIC here. It is a probe function, no
> spinlock is taken and GFP_KERNEL is used just before and just after this
> 'usb_alloc_coherent()' call.
>
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> drivers/watchdog/pcwd_usb.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/pcwd_usb.c b/drivers/watchdog/pcwd_usb.c
> index 2f44af1831d0..ea67b98ed35d 100644
> --- a/drivers/watchdog/pcwd_usb.c
> +++ b/drivers/watchdog/pcwd_usb.c
> @@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ static int usb_pcwd_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
>
> /* set up the memory buffer's */
> usb_pcwd->intr_buffer = usb_alloc_coherent(udev, usb_pcwd->intr_size,
> - GFP_ATOMIC, &usb_pcwd->intr_dma);
> + GFP_KERNEL, &usb_pcwd->intr_dma);
> if (!usb_pcwd->intr_buffer) {
> pr_err("Out of memory\n");
> goto error;
>