netdev - Re: [PATCH] net/mlx5: Use 'kvfree()' for memory allocated by 'kvzalloc()'

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Date:   Mon, 14 May 2018 15:35:41 -0700
From:   Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@....mellanox.co.il>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr,
        Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>,
        Matan Barak <matanb@...lanox.com>,
        Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>,
        Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        RDMA mailing list <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/mlx5: Use 'kvfree()' for memory allocated by 'kvzalloc()'

On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 11:56 AM, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
> From: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
> Date: Sat, 12 May 2018 19:09:25 +0200
>
>> 'out' is allocated with 'kvzalloc()'. 'kvfree()' must be used to free it.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
>
> Saeed, I assume I will see this in one of your forthcoming pull
> requests.
>
> Thanks.

In case this is for net-next,  I will apply v3 to mlx5-next once
Christophe adds the "Fixes" tags according to Eric's request.
if it is for net (RC) then you can go ahead and apply v3 to net branch.

Thanks,
Saeed.