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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/2] staging: media: atomisp2: css2400: Replace kfree()/vfree() with kvfree()
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On Fri, 2017-07-07 at 20:40 -0400, Amitoj Kaur Chawla wrote:
> Conditionally calling kfree()/vfree() can be replaced by a call to
> kvfree() which handles both kmalloced memory and vmalloced memory.
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> diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/atomisp2/css2400/sh_css.c b/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/atomisp2/css2400/sh_css.c
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> @@ -2029,10 +2029,7 @@ void *sh_css_calloc(size_t N, size_t size)
>
> void sh_css_free(void *ptr)
> {
> - if (is_vmalloc_addr(ptr))
> - vfree(ptr);
> - else
> - kfree(ptr);
> + kvfree(ptr);
> }

Why not just get rid of sh_css_free and use kvfree directly?

Why not get rid of all the sh_css_<alloc/free> functions?

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