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From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
To: Denis Efremov <efremov@linux.com>
Cc: Chao Yu <yuchao0@huawei.com>, Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-f2fs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] f2fs: use kfree() instead of kvfree() to free superblock data
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2020 15:25:46 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200609222546.GA24766@sol.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200609221446.24537-1-efremov@linux.com>

On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 01:14:46AM +0300, Denis Efremov wrote:
> Use kfree() instead of kvfree() to free super in read_raw_super_block()
> because the memory is allocated with kzalloc() in the function.
> Use kfree() instead of kvfree() to free sbi, raw_super in
> f2fs_fill_super() and f2fs_put_super() because the memory is allocated
> with kzalloc().
> 
> Fixes: 5222595d093e ("f2fs: use kvmalloc, if kmalloc is failed")
> Signed-off-by: Denis Efremov <efremov@linux.com>

I don't think "Fixes" is appropriate here.

kvfree() still works on kmalloc'ed memory; it's just not preferred.

So this is more a cleanup than a fix.

- Eric

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From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
To: Denis Efremov <efremov@linux.com>
Cc: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-f2fs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH v3] f2fs: use kfree() instead of kvfree() to free superblock data
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2020 15:25:46 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200609222546.GA24766@sol.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200609221446.24537-1-efremov@linux.com>

On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 01:14:46AM +0300, Denis Efremov wrote:
> Use kfree() instead of kvfree() to free super in read_raw_super_block()
> because the memory is allocated with kzalloc() in the function.
> Use kfree() instead of kvfree() to free sbi, raw_super in
> f2fs_fill_super() and f2fs_put_super() because the memory is allocated
> with kzalloc().
> 
> Fixes: 5222595d093e ("f2fs: use kvmalloc, if kmalloc is failed")
> Signed-off-by: Denis Efremov <efremov@linux.com>

I don't think "Fixes" is appropriate here.

kvfree() still works on kmalloc'ed memory; it's just not preferred.

So this is more a cleanup than a fix.

- Eric


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Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-06-05 18:15 [PATCH 1/2] f2fs: use kfree() to free super in read_raw_super_block() Denis Efremov
2020-06-05 18:15 ` [f2fs-dev] " Denis Efremov
2020-06-05 18:15 ` [PATCH 2/2] f2fs: use kfree() to free sbi in f2fs_fill_super() Denis Efremov
2020-06-05 18:15   ` [f2fs-dev] " Denis Efremov
2020-06-08  2:51   ` Chao Yu
2020-06-08  2:51     ` Chao Yu
2020-06-08  2:47 ` [f2fs-dev] [PATCH 1/2] f2fs: use kfree() to free super in read_raw_super_block() Chao Yu
2020-06-08  2:47   ` Chao Yu
2020-06-08 15:41 ` [PATCH v2] f2fs: use kfree() instead of kvfree() to free superblock data Denis Efremov
2020-06-08 15:41   ` [f2fs-dev] " Denis Efremov
2020-06-09  1:22   ` Chao Yu
2020-06-09  1:22     ` [f2fs-dev] " Chao Yu
2020-06-09 22:14 ` [PATCH v3] " Denis Efremov
2020-06-09 22:14   ` [f2fs-dev] " Denis Efremov
2020-06-09 22:25   ` Eric Biggers [this message]
2020-06-09 22:25     ` Eric Biggers
2020-06-15 17:58     ` Jaegeuk Kim
2020-06-15 17:58       ` [f2fs-dev] " Jaegeuk Kim
2020-06-18  3:28       ` Chao Yu
2020-06-18  3:28         ` [f2fs-dev] " Chao Yu

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