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Date:	Thu, 12 Jun 2014 10:42:34 +0200
From:	Romain Francoise <romain@...bokech.com>
To:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, nab@...erainc.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	sfr@...b.auug.org.au, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PULL] vhost: infrastructure changes for 3.16

"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com> writes:

> Memory allocation for vhost-net now supports fallback on vmalloc (same
> as for vhost-scsi) this makes it possible to create the device on
> systems where memory is very fragmented, with slightly lower
> performance.

Thanks Michael, I'm glad to see that this change made its way into
mainline after all! Would you be willing to take the following on top?


From: Romain Francoise <romain@...bokech.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 10:26:40 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] vhost-net: don't open-code kvfree

Commit 23cc5a991c ("vhost-net: extend device allocation to vmalloc")
added another open-coded version of kvfree (which is available since
v3.15-rc5), nuke it.

Signed-off-by: Romain Francoise <romain@...bokech.com>
---
 drivers/vhost/net.c | 12 ++----------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/vhost/net.c b/drivers/vhost/net.c
index 971a760..8dae2f7 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/net.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/net.c
@@ -700,14 +700,6 @@ static void handle_rx_net(struct vhost_work *work)
 	handle_rx(net);
 }
 
-static void vhost_net_free(void *addr)
-{
-	if (is_vmalloc_addr(addr))
-		vfree(addr);
-	else
-		kfree(addr);
-}
-
 static int vhost_net_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *f)
 {
 	struct vhost_net *n;
@@ -723,7 +715,7 @@ static int vhost_net_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *f)
 	}
 	vqs = kmalloc(VHOST_NET_VQ_MAX * sizeof(*vqs), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!vqs) {
-		vhost_net_free(n);
+		kvfree(n);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
@@ -840,7 +832,7 @@ static int vhost_net_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *f)
 	 * since jobs can re-queue themselves. */
 	vhost_net_flush(n);
 	kfree(n->dev.vqs);
-	vhost_net_free(n);
+	kvfree(n);
 	return 0;
 }
 
-- 
2.0.0

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