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

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Date:	Tue, 21 Jun 2016 13:17:35 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
To:	Yann Droneaud <ydroneaud@...eya.com>
cc:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.com>,
	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 Tue, 21 Jun 2016, Yann Droneaud wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Le mardi 21 juin 2016 à 11:43 +0200, Michal Marek a écrit :
> > Dne 20.6.2016 v 22:21 Julia Lawall napsal(a):
> > > On Mon, 20 Jun 2016, Michal Marek wrote:
> > > 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?
> > >
> > > Sorry, I seem to have missed the other two.  I have reviewed them
> > > now, and the ack applies to all three.  Thanks for checking on it.
> >
>
> Back in February, those two other patches were already Acked-by:
>
> http://lkml.kernel.org/r/alpine.DEB.2.10.1602161818100.2685@hadrien
> http://lkml.kernel.org/r/alpine.DEB.2.10.1602161819340.2685@hadrien
>
> I've (re)sent them with added Acked-by:, and thought it would not
> require further Acked-by:.
>
> Anyway, this one was new and required proper review. Thanks a lot.

Thanks for the reminder.  Since they are comitted now, things are going in
the right direction.

julia