On Mon, Nov 09, 2015 at 08:56:10PM +0900, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> There are many locations that do
>
> if (memory_was_allocated_by_vmalloc)
> vfree(ptr);
> else
> kfree(ptr);
>
> but kvfree() can handle both kmalloc()ed memory and vmalloc()ed memory
> using is_vmalloc_addr(). Unless callers have special reasons, we can
> replace this branch with kvfree(). Please check and reply if you found
> problems.
For the DRBD part:
> drivers/block/drbd/drbd_bitmap.c | 26 +++++------------
> drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h | 3 --
> diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_bitmap.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_bitmap.c
> index 9462d27..2daaafb 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_bitmap.c
> +++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_bitmap.c
> @@ -364,12 +364,9 @@ static void bm_free_pages(struct page **pages, unsigned long number)
> }
> }
>
> -static void bm_vk_free(void *ptr, int v)
> +static inline void bm_vk_free(void *ptr)
Maybe drop this inline completely ...
> {
> - if (v)
> - vfree(ptr);
> - else
> - kfree(ptr);
> + kvfree(ptr);
> }
... and just call kvfree() directly below?
> - bm_vk_free(new_pages, vmalloced);
> + bm_vk_free(new_pages);
+ kvfree(new_pages);
...
Other than that: looks good and harmless enough.
Thanks,
Lars
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