Re: [PATCH v3] f2fs: use kfree() instead of kvfree() to free superblock data

From: Eric Biggers
Date: Tue Jun 09 2020 - 18:25:51 EST


On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 01:14:46AM +0300, Denis Efremov wrote:
> Use kfree() instead of kvfree() to free super in read_raw_super_block()
> because the memory is allocated with kzalloc() in the function.
> Use kfree() instead of kvfree() to free sbi, raw_super in
> f2fs_fill_super() and f2fs_put_super() because the memory is allocated
> with kzalloc().
>
> Fixes: 5222595d093e ("f2fs: use kvmalloc, if kmalloc is failed")
> Signed-off-by: Denis Efremov <efremov@xxxxxxxxx>

I don't think "Fixes" is appropriate here.

kvfree() still works on kmalloc'ed memory; it's just not preferred.

So this is more a cleanup than a fix.

- Eric