linux-kernel - [PATCH net-next] liquidio: Replace vmalloc with kmalloc in octeon_register_dispatch

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Message-ID: <20200730061140.20223-1-wanghai38@huawei.com>
Date:   Thu, 30 Jul 2020 14:11:40 +0800
From:   Wang Hai <wanghai38@...wei.com>
To:     <joe@...ches.com>, <dchickles@...vell.com>, <sburla@...vell.com>,
        <fmanlunas@...vell.com>, <davem@...emloft.net>, <kuba@...nel.org>
CC:     <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH net-next] liquidio: Replace vmalloc with kmalloc in octeon_register_dispatch_fn()

The size of struct octeon_dispatch is too small, it is better to use
kmalloc instead of vmalloc.

Suggested-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Signed-off-by: Wang Hai <wanghai38@...wei.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_device.c | 11 ++++-------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_device.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_device.c
index 934115d18488..ac32facaa427 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_device.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_device.c
@@ -1056,7 +1056,7 @@ void octeon_delete_dispatch_list(struct octeon_device *oct)
 
 	list_for_each_safe(temp, tmp2, &freelist) {
 		list_del(temp);
-		vfree(temp);
+		kfree(temp);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1152,13 +1152,10 @@ octeon_register_dispatch_fn(struct octeon_device *oct,
 
 		dev_dbg(&oct->pci_dev->dev,
 			"Adding opcode to dispatch list linked list\n");
-		dispatch = (struct octeon_dispatch *)
-			   vmalloc(sizeof(struct octeon_dispatch));
-		if (!dispatch) {
-			dev_err(&oct->pci_dev->dev,
-				"No memory to add dispatch function\n");
+		dispatch = kmalloc(sizeof(*dispatch), GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!dispatch)
 			return 1;
-		}
+
 		dispatch->opcode = combined_opcode;
 		dispatch->dispatch_fn = fn;
 		dispatch->arg = fn_arg;
-- 
2.17.1