fbcon: Fix bit_putcs() call to kmalloc(s, GFP_KERNEL)
authorBruno Prémont <bonbons@linux-vserver.org>
Mon, 30 Jul 2012 19:09:49 +0000 (21:09 +0200)
committerFlorian Tobias Schandinat <FlorianSchandinat@gmx.de>
Thu, 23 Aug 2012 12:29:32 +0000 (12:29 +0000)
Switch to kmalloc(,GFP_ATOMIC) in bit_putcs to fix below trace:

[    9.771812] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at /usr/src/linux-git/mm/slub.c:943
[    9.771814] in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 1, pid: 1063, name: mount
[    9.771818] Pid: 1063, comm: mount Not tainted 3.5.0-jupiter-00003-g8d858b1-dirty #2
[    9.771819] Call Trace:
[    9.771838]  [<c104f79b>] __might_sleep+0xcb/0xe0
[    9.771844]  [<c10c00d4>] __kmalloc+0xb4/0x1c0
[    9.771851]  [<c1041d4a>] ? queue_work+0x1a/0x30
[    9.771854]  [<c1041dcf>] ? queue_delayed_work+0xf/0x30
[    9.771862]  [<c1205832>] ? bit_putcs+0xf2/0x3e0
[    9.771865]  [<c1041e01>] ? schedule_delayed_work+0x11/0x20
[    9.771868]  [<c1205832>] bit_putcs+0xf2/0x3e0
[    9.771875]  [<c12002b8>] ? get_color.clone.14+0x28/0x100
[    9.771878]  [<c1200d2f>] fbcon_putcs+0x11f/0x130
[    9.771882]  [<c1205740>] ? bit_clear+0xe0/0xe0
[    9.771885]  [<c1200f6d>] fbcon_redraw.clone.21+0x11d/0x160
[    9.771889]  [<c120383d>] fbcon_scroll+0x79d/0xe10
[    9.771892]  [<c12002b8>] ? get_color.clone.14+0x28/0x100
[    9.771897]  [<c124c0b4>] scrup+0x64/0xd0
[    9.771900]  [<c124c22b>] lf+0x2b/0x60
[    9.771903]  [<c124cc95>] vt_console_print+0x1d5/0x2f0
[    9.771907]  [<c124cac0>] ? register_vt_notifier+0x20/0x20
[    9.771913]  [<c102b335>] call_console_drivers.clone.5+0xa5/0xc0
[    9.771916]  [<c102c58e>] console_unlock+0x2fe/0x3c0
[    9.771920]  [<c102ca16>] vprintk_emit+0x2e6/0x300
[    9.771924]  [<c13f01ae>] printk+0x38/0x3a
[    9.771931]  [<c112e8fe>] reiserfs_remount+0x2ae/0x3e0
[    9.771934]  [<c112e650>] ? reiserfs_fill_super+0xb00/0xb00
[    9.771939]  [<c10ca0ab>] do_remount_sb+0xab/0x150
[    9.771943]  [<c1034476>] ? ns_capable+0x46/0x70
[    9.771948]  [<c10e059c>] do_mount+0x20c/0x6b0
[    9.771955]  [<c10a7044>] ? strndup_user+0x34/0x50
[    9.771958]  [<c10e0acc>] sys_mount+0x6c/0xa0
[    9.771964]  [<c13f2557>] sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x26

According to comment in bit_putcs() that kammloc() call only happens
when fbcon is drawing to a monochrome framebuffer (which is my case with
hid-picolcd).

Signed-off-by: Bruno Prémont <bonbons@linux-vserver.org>
Signed-off-by: Florian Tobias Schandinat <FlorianSchandinat@gmx.de>
drivers/video/console/bitblit.c

index 28b1a834906b1f59d31c49421e771aa5e6f8aae7..61b182bf32a22962492cc79a3b1e60f3f49ef388 100644 (file)
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ static void bit_putcs(struct vc_data *vc, struct fb_info *info,
        image.depth = 1;
 
        if (attribute) {
-               buf = kmalloc(cellsize, GFP_KERNEL);
+               buf = kmalloc(cellsize, GFP_ATOMIC);
                if (!buf)
                        return;
        }