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Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2015 16:23:37 -0800 (PST) From: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com> To: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp> cc: akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-mm@...ck.org, Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, drbd-user@...ts.linbit.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, Oleg Drokin <oleg.drokin@...el.com>, Andreas Dilger <andreas.dilger@...el.com>, codalist@...a.cs.cmu.edu, linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] tree wide: Use kvfree() than conditional kfree()/vfree() On Mon, 9 Nov 2015, Tetsuo Handa 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@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp> > Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com> > Cc: Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk> # arm > Cc: <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org> # apei > Cc: <drbd-user@...ts.linbit.com> # drbd > Cc: <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> # mspec > Cc: <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org> # drm > Cc: Oleg Drokin <oleg.drokin@...el.com> # lustre > Cc: Andreas Dilger <andreas.dilger@...el.com> # lustre > Cc: <codalist@...a.cs.cmu.edu> # coda > Cc: <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org> # jffs2 > Cc: Jan Kara <jack@...e.com> # udf > Cc: <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org> # xattr > Cc: <linux-mm@...ck.org> # ipc + mm > Cc: <netdev@...r.kernel.org> # ipv4 Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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