linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] media: atomisp: do not free kmalloc memory by vfree

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Date:   Fri, 17 Jul 2020 10:40:05 +0200
From:   Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
To:     corbet@....net
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] media: atomisp: do not free kmalloc memory by vfree

Sorry Jon, wrong To: field, this was supposed to be addressed to Mauro
(who is CCed).

On 17. 07. 20, 10:05, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> fw_minibuffer[i].buffer is allocated by kmalloc in sh_css_load_blob_info
> and by vmalloc in setup_binary. So use kvfree to decide which of those
> allocators to use for freeing.
> 
> Also remove the useless cast.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
> Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/sh_css_firmware.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/sh_css_firmware.c b/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/sh_css_firmware.c
> index d4ab15b6d1ac..d0011b1d97ed 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/sh_css_firmware.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/sh_css_firmware.c
> @@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ void sh_css_unload_firmware(void)
>  			if (fw_minibuffer[i].name)
>  				kfree((void *)fw_minibuffer[i].name);
>  			if (fw_minibuffer[i].buffer)
> -				vfree((void *)fw_minibuffer[i].buffer);
> +				kvfree(fw_minibuffer[i].buffer);
>  		}
>  		kfree(fw_minibuffer);
>  		fw_minibuffer = NULL;
> 


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