[PATCH 2/2] perf/power/hv-24x7: Use kmem_cache_free() instead of kfree

Sukadev Bhattiprolu sukadev at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Wed Dec 10 18:09:17 AEDT 2014


>From 982bf5a660ae33fbe2f9187187caa6752c66783d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 01:43:34 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] power/perf: hv-24x7: Use kmem_cache_free() instead of
 kfree

Use kmem_cache_free() to free a buffer allocated with kmem_cache_alloc().

Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev at linux.vnet.ibm.com>

p#	set2.log
---
 arch/powerpc/perf/hv-24x7.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/perf/hv-24x7.c b/arch/powerpc/perf/hv-24x7.c
index 18e1f49..a2c6211 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/perf/hv-24x7.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/perf/hv-24x7.c
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ static ssize_t _name##_show(struct device *dev,			\
 	}							\
 	ret = sprintf(buf, _fmt, _expr);			\
 e_free:								\
-	kfree(page);						\
+	kmem_cache_free(hv_page_cache, page);			\
 	return ret;						\
 }								\
 static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(_name)
-- 
1.8.3.1



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