This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
can: gw: use kmem_cache_free() instead of kfree()
to the 3.8-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
can-gw-use-kmem_cache_free-instead-of-kfree.patch
and it can be found in the queue-3.8 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 3480a2125923e4b7a56d79efc76743089bf273fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wei Yongjun <yongjun_wei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2013 14:16:04 +0800
Subject: can: gw: use kmem_cache_free() instead of kfree()
From: Wei Yongjun <yongjun_wei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit 3480a2125923e4b7a56d79efc76743089bf273fc upstream.
Memory allocated by kmem_cache_alloc() should be freed using
kmem_cache_free(), not kfree().
Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <yongjun_wei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/can/gw.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
--- a/net/can/gw.c
+++ b/net/can/gw.c
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ static int cgw_notifier(struct notifier_
if (gwj->src.dev == dev || gwj->dst.dev == dev) {
hlist_del(&gwj->list);
cgw_unregister_filter(gwj);
- kfree(gwj);
+ kmem_cache_free(cgw_cache, gwj);
}
}
}
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ static void cgw_remove_all_jobs(void)
hlist_for_each_entry_safe(gwj, n, nx, &cgw_list, list) {
hlist_del(&gwj->list);
cgw_unregister_filter(gwj);
- kfree(gwj);
+ kmem_cache_free(cgw_cache, gwj);
}
}
@@ -885,7 +885,7 @@ static int cgw_remove_job(struct sk_buff
hlist_del(&gwj->list);
cgw_unregister_filter(gwj);
- kfree(gwj);
+ kmem_cache_free(cgw_cache, gwj);
err = 0;
break;
}
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from yongjun_wei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
queue-3.8/can-gw-use-kmem_cache_free-instead-of-kfree.patch
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