drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/scan.c: convert GFP_KERNEL to GFP_ATOMIC
The function is called with locks held and thus should not use GFP_KERNEL.
The semantic patch that makes this report is available
in scripts/coccinelle/locks/call_kern.cocci.
More information about semantic patching is available at
http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/
Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr>
Acked-by: Bing Zhao <bzhao@marvell.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/scan.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/scan.c
index 6396d33..98f1ca9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/scan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/scan.c
@@ -2001,7 +2001,7 @@
kfree(priv->curr_bcn_buf);
priv->curr_bcn_buf = kmalloc(curr_bss->beacon_buf_size,
- GFP_KERNEL);
+ GFP_ATOMIC);
if (!priv->curr_bcn_buf) {
dev_err(priv->adapter->dev,
"failed to alloc curr_bcn_buf\n");