ipv4_pdp_add() is called in RCU read-side critical section. So GFP_KERNEL should not be used in the function. This patch make ipv4_pdp_add() to use GFP_ATOMIC instead of GFP_KERNEL. Test commands: gtp-link add gtp1 & gtp-tunnel add gtp1 v1 100 200 1.1.1.1 2.2.2.2 Splat looks like: [ 130.618881] ============================= [ 130.626382] WARNING: suspicious RCU usage [ 130.626994] 5.2.0-rc6+ #50 Not tainted [ 130.627622] ----------------------------- [ 130.628223] ./include/linux/rcupdate.h:266 Illegal context switch in RCU read-side critical section! [ 130.629684] [ 130.629684] other info that might help us debug this: [ 130.629684] [ 130.631022] [ 130.631022] rcu_scheduler_active = 2, debug_locks = 1 [ 130.632136] 4 locks held by gtp-tunnel/1025: [ 130.632925] #0: 000000002b93c8b7 (cb_lock){++++}, at: genl_rcv+0x15/0x40 [ 130.634159] #1: 00000000f17bc999 (genl_mutex){+.+.}, at: genl_rcv_msg+0xfb/0x130 [ 130.635487] #2: 00000000c644ed8e (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}, at: gtp_genl_new_pdp+0x18c/0x1150 [gtp] [ 130.636936] #3: 0000000007a1cde7 (rcu_read_lock){....}, at: gtp_genl_new_pdp+0x187/0x1150 [gtp] [ 130.638348] [ 130.638348] stack backtrace: [ 130.639062] CPU: 1 PID: 1025 Comm: gtp-tunnel Not tainted 5.2.0-rc6+ #50 [ 130.641318] Call Trace: [ 130.641707] dump_stack+0x7c/0xbb [ 130.642252] ___might_sleep+0x2c0/0x3b0 [ 130.642862] kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x1cd/0x2b0 [ 130.643591] gtp_genl_new_pdp+0x6c5/0x1150 [gtp] [ 130.644371] genl_family_rcv_msg+0x63a/0x1030 [ 130.645074] ? mutex_lock_io_nested+0x1090/0x1090 [ 130.645845] ? genl_unregister_family+0x630/0x630 [ 130.646592] ? debug_show_all_locks+0x2d0/0x2d0 [ 130.647293] ? check_flags.part.40+0x440/0x440 [ 130.648099] genl_rcv_msg+0xa3/0x130 [ ... ] Fixes: 459aa660eb1d ("gtp: add initial driver for datapath of GPRS Tunneling Protocol (GTP-U)") Signed-off-by: Taehee Yoo <ap420073@gmail.com> --- drivers/net/gtp.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/gtp.c b/drivers/net/gtp.c index 92ef777a757f..52f35cbeb1dc 100644 --- a/drivers/net/gtp.c +++ b/drivers/net/gtp.c @@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ static int ipv4_pdp_add(struct gtp_dev *gtp, struct sock *sk, } - pctx = kmalloc(sizeof(struct pdp_ctx), GFP_KERNEL); + pctx = kmalloc(sizeof(*pctx), GFP_ATOMIC); if (pctx == NULL) return -ENOMEM; -- 2.17.1