[PATCH v2 04/33] ibmvfc: free ibmvfc_target allocations with mempool_free
From: Tyrel Datwyler
Date: Wed Jul 22 2026 - 20:07:18 EST
The ibmvfc_target *tgt structures for discovery are allocated using
mempool_alloc but in turn free'd via kfree in ibmvfc_release_target
breaking pool guarentees.
Fixup ibmvfc_release_target to call mempool_free instead so that memory
is properly returned to the mempool instead of the general allocator.
Signed-off-by: Tyrel Datwyler <tyreld@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c
index 59102dd1c787..412e946abcb7 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c
@@ -1366,7 +1366,7 @@ static void ibmvfc_set_rport_dev_loss_tmo(struct fc_rport *rport, u32 timeout)
static void ibmvfc_release_tgt(struct kref *kref)
{
struct ibmvfc_target *tgt = container_of(kref, struct ibmvfc_target, kref);
- kfree(tgt);
+ mempool_free(tgt, tgt->vhost->tgt_pool);
}
/**
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