Re: [PATCH v2] vfs/xattr: mm/shmem: kernfs: release simple xattr entry in a right way

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On Sat, Jul 04, 2020 at 01:16:08PM +0800, Chengguang Xu wrote:
> After commit fdc85222d58e ("kernfs: kvmalloc xattr value
> instead of kmalloc"), simple xattr entry is allocated with
> kvmalloc() instead of kmalloc(), so we should release it
> with kvfree() instead of kfree().
> 
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v5.7
> Cc: Daniel Xu <dxu@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Chris Down <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andreas Dilger <adilger@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Fixes: fdc85222d58e ("kernfs: kvmalloc xattr value instead of kmalloc")
> Signed-off-by: Chengguang Xu <cgxu519@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks.

-- 
tejun



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