[PATCH] staging: lustre: Use 'kvfree()' for memory allocated by 'kvzalloc()'

[PATCH] staging: lustre: Use 'kvfree()' for memory allocated by 'kvzalloc()'

[Christophe JAILLET]

'buf' is allocated with 'kvzalloc()'. 'kvfree()' must be used to free it.

Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr>
Fixes: 11c647caf74b ("staging: lustre: obdclass: variable llog chunk size")
Reviewed-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com>
---
 drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/llog.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/llog.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/llog.c
index 693e1129f1f9..5e04d133b596 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/llog.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/llog.c
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ static int llog_process_thread(void *arg)
 	if (cd)
 		cd->lpcd_last_idx = last_called_index;
 
-	kfree(buf);
+	kvfree(buf);
 	lpi->lpi_rc = rc;
 	return 0;
 }
-- 
2.17.0

Re: [PATCH] staging: lustre: Use 'kvfree()' for memory allocated by 'kvzalloc()'

[NeilBrown]

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On Sat, May 12 2018, Christophe JAILLET wrote:

> 'buf' is allocated with 'kvzalloc()'. 'kvfree()' must be used to free it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr>

Reviewed-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com>

Thanks.
We could possible add:
Fixes: 11c647caf74b ("staging: lustre: obdclass: variable llog chunk size")

just for completeness.

NeilBrown

> ---
>  drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/llog.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/llog.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/llog.c
> index 693e1129f1f9..5e04d133b596 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/llog.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/llog.c
> @@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ static int llog_process_thread(void *arg)
>  	if (cd)
>  		cd->lpcd_last_idx = last_called_index;
>  
> -	kfree(buf);
> +	kvfree(buf);
>  	lpi->lpi_rc = rc;
>  	return 0;
>  }
> -- 
> 2.17.0

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