linux-kernel - [PATCH] net/mlx5: Use 'kvfree()' for memory allocated by 'kvzalloc()'

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Date:   Sat, 12 May 2018 19:09:25 +0200
From:   Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
To:     saeedm@...lanox.com, matanb@...lanox.com, leon@...nel.org,
        davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
Subject: [PATCH] net/mlx5: Use 'kvfree()' for memory allocated by 'kvzalloc()'

'out' is allocated with 'kvzalloc()'. 'kvfree()' must be used to free it.

Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/vport.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/vport.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/vport.c
index 177e076b8d17..49968a4db758 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/vport.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/vport.c
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ int mlx5_query_nic_vport_system_image_guid(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev,
 	*system_image_guid = MLX5_GET64(query_nic_vport_context_out, out,
 					nic_vport_context.system_image_guid);
 
-	kfree(out);
+	kvfree(out);
 
 	return 0;
 }
-- 
2.17.0