linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 bpf-next] bpf: Replace kvfree with kfree for kzalloc memory

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Message-ID: <aff0626f-f78a-4231-8d56-a3c9978b6548@linux.dev>
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2025 22:00:40 -0700
From: Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@...ux.dev>
To: Feng Yang <yangfeng59949@....com>, ast@...nel.org, daniel@...earbox.net,
 john.fastabend@...il.com, andrii@...nel.org, martin.lau@...ux.dev,
 eddyz87@...il.com, song@...nel.org, kpsingh@...nel.org, sdf@...ichev.me,
 haoluo@...gle.com, jolsa@...nel.org
Cc: bpf@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 bpf-next] bpf: Replace kvfree with kfree for kzalloc
 memory



On 8/26/25 8:28 PM, Feng Yang wrote:
> From: Feng Yang <yangfeng@...inos.cn>
>
> These pointers are allocated by kzalloc.
> Replace kvfree() with kfree() to avoid unnecessary is_vmalloc_addr()
> check in kvfree().
>
> This is the remaining unmodified part from [1].
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20250811123949.552885-1-rongqianfeng@vivo.com.
>
> Signed-off-by: Feng Yang <yangfeng@...inos.cn>

Acked-by: Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@...ux.dev>