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IB/ehca: Use proper GFP_ flags for get_zeroed_page()

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Here is a patch for ehca to use proper flag, ie. GFP_ATOMIC
resp. GFP_KERNEL, when calling get_zeroed_page() to prevent "Bug:
scheduling while atomic...". This error does not cause a kernel panic
but makes ipoib un-usable afterwards.  It is reproducible on
2.6.20-rc4 if one does ifconfig down during a flood ping test.  I have
not observed this error in earlier releases incl. 2.6.20-rc1.

This error occurs when a qp event/irq is received and ehca event
handler allocates a control block/page to obtain HCA error data block.
Use of GFP_ATOMIC when in interrupt context prevents this issue.

Signed-off-by Hoang-Nam Nguyen <hnguyen@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier <rolandd@cisco.com>
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Hoang-Nam Nguyen
2007-01-09 18:04:14 +01:00
committed by Roland Dreier
parent 98714cb161
commit f2d9136133
6 changed files with 16 additions and 16 deletions
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drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_irq.c
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@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ int ehca_error_data(struct ehca_shca *shca, void *data,
u64 *rblock;
unsigned long block_count;
rblock = ehca_alloc_fw_ctrlblock();
rblock = ehca_alloc_fw_ctrlblock(GFP_ATOMIC);
if (!rblock) {
ehca_err(&shca->ib_device, "Cannot allocate rblock memory.");
ret = -ENOMEM;