Re: [PATCH -next] gfs2: use kmem_cache_free() instead of kfree()

[Andreas Grünbacher]

Hi,

Am Fr., 9. Apr. 2021 um 10:20 Uhr schrieb Wei Yongjun :
> memory allocated by kmem_cache_alloc() should be freed using
> kmem_cache_free(), not kfree().

thanks for the patch, that's true. This patch has turned out to have
other problems as well, so we've pulled it and Bob is currently
investigating.

Andreas

[PATCH -next] gfs2: use kmem_cache_free() instead of kfree()

[Wei Yongjun]

memory allocated by kmem_cache_alloc() should be freed using
kmem_cache_free(), not kfree().

Fixes: 7d6eec37a105 ("gfs2: Allocate bufdata object before taking log lock")
Reported-by: Hulk Robot 
Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun 
---
 fs/gfs2/trans.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/gfs2/trans.c b/fs/gfs2/trans.c
index c50de22d7cbf..1b47d08ac4fb 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/trans.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/trans.c
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ void gfs2_trans_add_data(struct gfs2_glock *gl, struct 
buffer_head *bh)
}
gfs2_log_lock(sdp);
if (bh->b_private) {
-   kfree(bd);
+   kmem_cache_free(gfs2_bufdata_cachep, bd);
bd = bh->b_private;
} else {
bh->b_private = bd;
@@ -246,12 +246,12 @@ void gfs2_trans_add_meta(struct gfs2_glock *gl, struct 
buffer_head *bh)
}
gfs2_log_lock(sdp);
if (bh->b_private) {
-   kfree(bd);
+   kmem_cache_free(gfs2_bufdata_cachep, bd);
bd = bh->b_private;
} else {
lock_page(bh->b_page);
if (bh->b_private) {
-   kfree(bd);
+   kmem_cache_free(gfs2_bufdata_cachep, bd);
bd = bh->b_private;
} else {
bh->b_private = bd;