linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] lightnvm: do not free unused metadata on rrpc

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Message-ID: <57210B65.5020800@bjorling.me>
Date:	Wed, 27 Apr 2016 20:56:37 +0200
From:	Matias Bjørling <m@...rling.me>
To:	Javier González <jg@...htnvm.io>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] lightnvm: do not free unused metadata on rrpc

On 04/27/2016 07:28 PM, Javier González wrote:
> rrpc does not save any metadata on a given request. Thus, do not attempt
> to free the metadata dma region.
>
> Signed-off-by: Javier González <javier@...xlabs.com>
> ---
>   drivers/lightnvm/rrpc.c | 2 --
>   1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/rrpc.c b/drivers/lightnvm/rrpc.c
> index c7fef71..ffcfee6 100644
> --- a/drivers/lightnvm/rrpc.c
> +++ b/drivers/lightnvm/rrpc.c
> @@ -711,8 +711,6 @@ static void rrpc_end_io(struct nvm_rq *rqd)
>
>   	if (npages > 1)
>   		nvm_dev_dma_free(rrpc->dev, rqd->ppa_list, rqd->dma_ppa_list);
> -	if (rqd->metadata)
> -		nvm_dev_dma_free(rrpc->dev, rqd->metadata, rqd->dma_metadata);
>
>   	mempool_free(rqd, rrpc->rq_pool);
>   }
>

Thanks. Applied for 4.7.