Messages in this thread | | | From | "Dilger, Andreas" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] tree wide: Use kvfree() than conditional kfree()/vfree() | Date | Mon, 9 Nov 2015 20:41:04 +0000 |
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On 2015/11/09, 04:56, "Tetsuo Handa" <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp> wrote:
>There are many locations that do > > if (memory_was_allocated_by_vmalloc) > vfree(ptr); > else > kfree(ptr); > >but kvfree() can handle both kmalloc()ed memory and vmalloc()ed memory >using is_vmalloc_addr(). Unless callers have special reasons, we can >replace this branch with kvfree(). Please check and reply if you found >problems. > >Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp> >Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
For Lustre part: Reviewed-by: Andreas Dilger <andreas.dilger@intel.com>
Cheers, Andreas -- Andreas Dilger
Lustre Principal Engineer Intel High Performance Data Division
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