netdev - [PATCH] net/mlx5: Replace kfree with kvfree

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Date:   Wed, 17 Jul 2019 16:03:22 +0800
From:   Chuhong Yuan <hslester96@...il.com>
To:     unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input)
Cc:     Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>,
        Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Chuhong Yuan <hslester96@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] net/mlx5: Replace kfree with kvfree

Variable allocated by kvmalloc should not be freed by kfree.
Because it may be allocated by vmalloc.
So replace kfree with kvfree here.

Signed-off-by: Chuhong Yuan <hslester96@...il.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/health.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/health.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/health.c
index 2fe6923f7ce0..9314777d99e3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/health.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/health.c
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ mlx5_fw_fatal_reporter_dump(struct devlink_health_reporter *reporter,
 	err = devlink_fmsg_arr_pair_nest_end(fmsg);
 
 free_data:
-	kfree(cr_data);
+	kvfree(cr_data);
 	return err;
 }
 
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