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linux-2.4: br2684: allocation out of atomic context

PATCH New Frank Seidel 1 participant 1 message Jun 29, 2009

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PATCH 1/1 linux-2.4: br2684: allocation out of atomic context

Author: Arne Redlich <[email protected]>

Moved GFP_Kernel allocation out of atomic context

---
 net/atm/br2684.c |   10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
net/atm/br2684.c +5 -5
@@ -509,6 +509,10 @@ Note: we do not have explicit unassign,
 		MOD_DEC_USE_COUNT;
 		return -EFAULT;
 	}
+	brvcc = kmalloc(sizeof(struct br2684_vcc), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!brvcc)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	memset(brvcc, 0, sizeof(struct br2684_vcc));
 	write_lock_irq(&devs_lock);
 	brdev = br2684_find_dev(&be.ifspec);
 	if (brdev == NULL) {
@@ -532,11 +536,6 @@ Note: we do not have explicit unassign,
 		err = -EINVAL;
 		goto error;
 	}
-	brvcc = kmalloc(sizeof(struct br2684_vcc), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!brvcc) {
-		err = -ENOMEM;
-		goto error;
-	}
 	memset(brvcc, 0, sizeof(struct br2684_vcc));
 	DPRINTK("br2684_regvcc vcc=%p, encaps=%d, brvcc=%p\n", atmvcc, be.encaps,
 		brvcc);
@@ -567,6 +566,7 @@ Note: we do not have explicit unassign,
 	return 0;
     error:
 	write_unlock_irq(&devs_lock);
+	kfree(brvcc);
 	MOD_DEC_USE_COUNT;
 	return err;
 }