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skd: Use kmem_cache_free

Message ID 1507498228-11878-1-git-send-email-himanshujha199640@gmail.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Himanshu Jha Oct. 8, 2017, 9:30 p.m. UTC
Use kmem_cache_free instead of kfree for freeing the memory previously
allocated with kmem_cache_zalloc/kmem_cache_alloc/kmem_cache_node.

Signed-off-by: Himanshu Jha <himanshujha199640@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/block/skd_main.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Jens Axboe Oct. 9, 2017, 2:31 p.m. UTC | #1
On 10/08/2017 03:30 PM, Himanshu Jha wrote:
> Use kmem_cache_free instead of kfree for freeing the memory previously
> allocated with kmem_cache_zalloc/kmem_cache_alloc/kmem_cache_node.

Good catch, I wonder how long that's been there... Applied for 4.14.
Bart Van Assche Oct. 9, 2017, 5:33 p.m. UTC | #2
On Mon, 2017-10-09 at 03:00 +0530, Himanshu Jha wrote:
> Use kmem_cache_free instead of kfree for freeing the memory previously

> allocated with kmem_cache_zalloc/kmem_cache_alloc/kmem_cache_node.

> 

> Signed-off-by: Himanshu Jha <himanshujha199640@gmail.com>

> ---

>  drivers/block/skd_main.c | 2 +-

>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

> 

> diff --git a/drivers/block/skd_main.c b/drivers/block/skd_main.c

> index 7cedb42..64d0fc1 100644

> --- a/drivers/block/skd_main.c

> +++ b/drivers/block/skd_main.c

> @@ -2604,7 +2604,7 @@ static void *skd_alloc_dma(struct skd_device *skdev, struct kmem_cache *s,

>  		return NULL;

>  	*dma_handle = dma_map_single(dev, buf, s->size, dir);

>  	if (dma_mapping_error(dev, *dma_handle)) {

> -		kfree(buf);

> +		kmem_cache_free(s, buf);

>  		buf = NULL;

>  	}

>  	return buf;


Thanks for this patch.

Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@wdc.com>
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diff --git a/drivers/block/skd_main.c b/drivers/block/skd_main.c
index 7cedb42..64d0fc1 100644
--- a/drivers/block/skd_main.c
+++ b/drivers/block/skd_main.c
@@ -2604,7 +2604,7 @@  static void *skd_alloc_dma(struct skd_device *skdev, struct kmem_cache *s,
 		return NULL;
 	*dma_handle = dma_map_single(dev, buf, s->size, dir);
 	if (dma_mapping_error(dev, *dma_handle)) {
-		kfree(buf);
+		kmem_cache_free(s, buf);
 		buf = NULL;
 	}
 	return buf;