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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3] f2fs: use kfree() instead of kvfree() to free superblock data
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On 2020/6/16 1:58, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
> On 06/09, Eric Biggers wrote:
>> 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>

Reviewed-by: Chao Yu <yuchao0@huawei.com>

Thanks,

>>
>> I don't think "Fixes" is appropriate here.
>
> Agreed. I queued this Cl without it. :)
> Thanks,
>
>>
>> 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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