This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
xfs: use kmem_free to free return value of kmem_zalloc
to the 4.9-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:
xfs-use-kmem_free-to-free-return-value-of-kmem_zalloc.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.9 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From foo@baz Mon Sep 18 10:16:36 CEST 2017
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2017 14:07:12 -0700
Subject: xfs: use kmem_free to free return value of kmem_zalloc
To: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Pan Bian <bianpan2016@xxxxxxx>, "Darrick J . Wong" <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID: <20170917210712.10804-48-hch@xxxxxx>
From: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@xxxxxxx>
commit 6c370590cfe0c36bcd62d548148aa65c984540b7 upstream.
In function xfs_test_remount_options(), kfree() is used to free memory
allocated by kmem_zalloc(). But it is better to use kmem_free().
Signed-off-by: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/xfs/xfs_super.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
@@ -1214,7 +1214,7 @@ xfs_test_remount_options(
tmp_mp->m_super = sb;
error = xfs_parseargs(tmp_mp, options);
xfs_free_fsname(tmp_mp);
- kfree(tmp_mp);
+ kmem_free(tmp_mp);
return error;
}
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from hch@xxxxxx are
queue-4.9/xfs-open-code-xfs_buf_item_dirty.patch
queue-4.9/xfs-properly-retry-failed-inode-items-in-case-of-error-during-buffer-writeback.patch
queue-4.9/xfs-use-kmem_free-to-free-return-value-of-kmem_zalloc.patch
queue-4.9/xfs-fix-inobt-inode-allocation-search-optimization.patch
queue-4.9/xfs-add-infrastructure-needed-for-error-propagation-during-buffer-io-failure.patch
queue-4.9/xfs-try-to-avoid-blowing-out-the-transaction-reservation-when-bunmaping-a-shared-extent.patch
queue-4.9/xfs-don-t-set-v3-xflags-for-v2-inodes.patch
queue-4.9/xfs-free-cowblocks-and-retry-on-buffered-write-enospc.patch
queue-4.9/xfs-add-log-recovery-tracepoint-for-head-tail.patch
queue-4.9/xfs-toggle-readonly-state-around-xfs_log_mount_finish.patch
queue-4.9/xfs-fix-log-recovery-corruption-error-due-to-tail-overwrite.patch
queue-4.9/xfs-move-bmbt-owner-change-to-last-step-of-extent-swap.patch
queue-4.9/xfs-set-firstfsb-to-nullfsblock-before-feeding-it-to-_bmapi_write.patch
queue-4.9/xfs-fix-quotacheck-dquot-id-overflow-infinite-loop.patch
queue-4.9/xfs-remove-bli-from-ail-before-release-on-transaction-abort.patch
queue-4.9/xfs-check-_btree_check_block-value.patch
queue-4.9/xfs-check-for-race-with-xfs_reclaim_inode-in-xfs_ifree_cluster.patch
queue-4.9/xfs-always-verify-the-log-tail-during-recovery.patch
queue-4.9/xfs-open-code-end_buffer_async_write-in-xfs_finish_page_writeback.patch
queue-4.9/xfs-relog-dirty-buffers-during-swapext-bmbt-owner-change.patch
queue-4.9/xfs-don-t-allow-bmap-on-rt-files.patch
queue-4.9/xfs-disable-per-inode-dax-flag.patch
queue-4.9/xfs-refactor-buffer-logging-into-buffer-dirtying-helper.patch
queue-4.9/xfs-fix-recovery-failure-when-log-record-header-wraps-log-end.patch
queue-4.9/xfs-free-uncommitted-transactions-during-log-recovery.patch
queue-4.9/xfs-skip-bmbt-block-ino-validation-during-owner-change.patch
queue-4.9/xfs-don-t-log-dirty-ranges-for-ordered-buffers.patch
queue-4.9/xfs-stop-searching-for-free-slots-in-an-inode-chunk-when-there-are-none.patch
queue-4.9/xfs-fix-incorrect-log_flushed-on-fsync.patch
queue-4.9/xfs-evict-all-inodes-involved-with-log-redo-item.patch
queue-4.9/xfs-write-unmount-record-for-ro-mounts.patch
queue-4.9/xfs-clear-ms_active-after-finishing-log-recovery.patch
queue-4.9/xfs-don-t-crash-on-unexpected-holes-in-dir-attr-btrees.patch
queue-4.9/xfs-fix-spurious-spin_is_locked-assert-failures-on-non-smp-kernels.patch
queue-4.9/xfs-fix-per-inode-dax-flag-inheritance.patch
queue-4.9/xfs-fix-multi-ag-deadlock-in-xfs_bunmapi.patch
queue-4.9/xfs-remove-unnecessary-dirty-bli-format-check-for-ordered-bufs.patch
queue-4.9/xfs-disallow-marking-previously-dirty-buffers-as-ordered.patch
queue-4.9/xfs-handle-efscorrupted-during-head-tail-verification.patch
queue-4.9/xfs-release-bli-from-transaction-properly-on-fs-shutdown.patch
queue-4.9/iomap-fix-integer-truncation-issues-in-the-zeroing-and-dirtying-helpers.patch
queue-4.9/xfs-don-t-leak-quotacheck-dquots-when-cow-recovery.patch
queue-4.9/xfs-ordered-buffer-log-items-are-never-formatted.patch
queue-4.9/xfs-check-_alloc_read_agf-buffer-pointer-before-using.patch
queue-4.9/xfs-remove-xfs_trans_ail_delete_bulk.patch