linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 19/20] md: simplify free_params for kmalloc vs vmalloc fallback

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Date:	Thu, 28 Apr 2016 11:37:31 -0400
From:	Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...hat.com>
To:	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	dm-devel@...hat.com, Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@...hat.com>,
	Shaohua Li <shli@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 19/20] md: simplify free_params for kmalloc vs vmalloc
 fallback

On Thu, Apr 28 2016 at  9:24am -0400,
Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org> wrote:

> From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
> 
> Use kvfree rather than DM_PARAMS_[KV]MALLOC specific param flags.
> 
> Cc: Shaohua Li <shli@...nel.org>
> Cc: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@...hat.com>
> Cc: dm-devel@...hat.com
> Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>

Nack, seriously, this is the 3rd time this patch has been attempted.
Did you actually test the change?  It'll crash very quickly, see:

https://www.redhat.com/archives/dm-devel/2016-April/msg00103.html