linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] coccinelle: also catch kzfree() issues

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Date:	Mon, 20 Jun 2016 15:24:09 +0200
From:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.com>
To:	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>,
	Yann Droneaud <ydroneaud@...eya.com>
Cc:	Gilles Muller <Gilles.Muller@...6.fr>,
	Nicolas Palix <nicolas.palix@...g.fr>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	cocci@...teme.lip6.fr, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] coccinelle: also catch kzfree() issues

On 2016-05-23 17:18, Julia Lawall wrote:
> 
> 
> On Mon, 23 May 2016, Yann Droneaud wrote:
> 
>> Since commit 3ef0e5ba4673 ('slab: introduce kzfree()'),
>> kfree() is no more the only function to be considered:
>> kzfree() should be recognized too.
>>
>> In particular, kzfree() must not be called on memory
>> allocated through devm_*() functions.
>>
>> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
>> Signed-off-by: Yann Droneaud <ydroneaud@...eya.com>
> 
> Acked-by: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>

Hi Julia,

does your ACK apply to the other two patches as well?

Thanks,
Michal