Re: [PATCH] mm/slab_common: Use kmem_cache_free

From: David Rientjes
Date: Tue Feb 10 2015 - 16:51:41 EST


On Mon, 9 Feb 2015, Vaishali Thakkar wrote:

> Here, free memory is allocated using kmem_cache_zalloc.
> So, use kmem_cache_free instead of kfree.
>
> This is done using Coccinelle and semantic patch used
> is as follows:
>
> @@
> expression x,E,c;
> @@
>
> x = \(kmem_cache_alloc\|kmem_cache_zalloc\|kmem_cache_alloc_node\)(c,...)
> ... when != x = E
> when != &x
> ?-kfree(x)
> +kmem_cache_free(c,x)
>
> Signed-off-by: Vaishali Thakkar <vthakkar1994@xxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>
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