Re: [PATCH] bpf: Replace kvfree with kfree for kzalloc memory

[Daniel Borkmann]

On 8/26/25 9:39 AM, Feng Yang wrote:
> From: Feng Yang <yangfeng@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Refer to https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20250811123949.552885-1-rongqianfeng@xxxxxxxx to replace the remaining part.

Please make this a proper commit message instead of just posting a lore link.
$subj should be [PATCH bpf-next].

> Signed-off-by: Feng Yang <yangfeng@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 4 ++--
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
> index 5c9dd16b2c56..b9394f8fac0e 100644
> --- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
> +++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
> @@ -2021,7 +2021,7 @@ static void free_backedges(struct bpf_scc_visit *visit)
>   	for (backedge = visit->backedges; backedge; backedge = next) {
>   		free_verifier_state(&backedge->state, false);
>   		next = backedge->next;
> -		kvfree(backedge);
> +		kfree(backedge);
>   	}
>   	visit->backedges = NULL;
>   }
> @@ -19651,7 +19651,7 @@ static int is_state_visited(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int insn_idx)
>   	err = maybe_enter_scc(env, new);
>   	if (err) {
>   		free_verifier_state(new, false);
> -		kvfree(new_sl);
> +		kfree(new_sl);
>   		return err;
>   	}
>