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tty: serial: Use GFP_ATOMIC instead of GFP_KERNEL in serial8250_em485_init()
authorMatwey V. Kornilov <matwey@sai.msu.ru>
Fri, 19 Feb 2016 05:29:10 +0000 (08:29 +0300)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Tue, 8 Mar 2016 00:11:14 +0000 (16:11 -0800)
serial8250_em485_init() is supposed to be protected with
p->port.lock spinlock.
This may lead to issues when kmalloc sleeps, so it is better to use
GFP_ATOMIC in this spinlocked context.

Fixes: e490c9144cfa ("tty: Add software emulated RS485 support for 8250")
Reported-by: Ильяс Гасанов <torso.nafi@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Matwey V. Kornilov <matwey@sai.msu.ru>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c

index e376cfaf8ab70bf147ed4a080f94a6cdfe1c6e08..2ffda79a462a4f85461f9cb7270e90dbe384a311 100644 (file)
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ int serial8250_em485_init(struct uart_8250_port *p)
        if (p->em485 != NULL)
                return 0;
 
-       p->em485 = kmalloc(sizeof(struct uart_8250_em485), GFP_KERNEL);
+       p->em485 = kmalloc(sizeof(struct uart_8250_em485), GFP_ATOMIC);
        if (p->em485 == NULL)
                return -ENOMEM;