octeon_allocate_device() holds the spinlock octeon_devices_lock while calling octeon_allocate_device_mem(), which uses vzalloc(). vzalloc() can sleep, so this is a "scheduling while atomic" bug that can trigger a sleeping-in-atomic warning (or deadlock on a preemptible kernel). The memory allocation does not touch octeon_device[], octeon_device_count or the free-slot search, so it does not need the lock. Move the octeon_allocate_device_mem() call ahead of the lock: allocate the device memory first, then take the lock only to find a free slot and register the new device in the octeon_device[] array. If no slot is available (all MAX_OCTEON_DEVICES slots in use), free the freshly allocated memory and return NULL as before. The lock therefore continues to protect exactly the data it documents: the octeon_device[] array and octeon_device_count. Signed-off-by: Yang Zi <2959243019@qq.com> --- diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_device.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_device.c index e98118e7b9fd..405ce14d46f5 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_device.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_device.c @@ -723,6 +723,10 @@ struct octeon_device *octeon_allocate_device(u32 pci_id,      u32 oct_idx = 0;      struct octeon_device *oct = NULL;   +    oct = octeon_allocate_device_mem(pci_id, priv_size); +    if (!oct) +        return NULL; +      spin_lock(&octeon_devices_lock);        for (oct_idx = 0; oct_idx < MAX_OCTEON_DEVICES; oct_idx++) @@ -730,16 +734,16 @@ struct octeon_device *octeon_allocate_device(u32 pci_id,              break;        if (oct_idx < MAX_OCTEON_DEVICES) { -        oct = octeon_allocate_device_mem(pci_id, priv_size); -        if (oct) { -            octeon_device_count++; -            octeon_device[oct_idx] = oct; -        } +        octeon_device_count++; +        octeon_device[oct_idx] = oct;      }        spin_unlock(&octeon_devices_lock); -    if (!oct) + +    if (oct_idx == MAX_OCTEON_DEVICES) { +        vfree(oct);          return NULL; +    }        spin_lock_init(&oct->pci_win_lock);      spin_lock_init(&oct->mem_access_lock);