linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] rcu: Transform kfree_rcu() into kvfree

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1802070854080.21329@nuc-kabylake>
Date:   Wed, 7 Feb 2018 08:55:47 -0600 (CST)
From:   Christopher Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
To:     "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
cc:     Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@...tuozzo.com>, josh@...htriplett.org,
        rostedt@...dmis.org, mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com,
        jiangshanlai@...il.com, mingo@...hat.com, penberg@...nel.org,
        rientjes@...gle.com, iamjoonsoo.kim@....com,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] rcu: Transform kfree_rcu() into kvfree_rcu()

On Tue, 6 Feb 2018, Paul E. McKenney wrote:

> So it is OK to kvmalloc() something and pass it to either kfree() or
> kvfree(), and it had better be OK to kvmalloc() something and pass it
> to kvfree().

kvfree() is fine but not kfree().