From: Filipe Manana Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2015 05:52:56 +0000 (+0100) Subject: Btrfs: use kmem_cache_free when freeing entry in inode cache X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c3f4a1685bb87e59c886ee68f7967eae07d4dffa;p=linux-beck.git Btrfs: use kmem_cache_free when freeing entry in inode cache The free space entries are allocated using kmem_cache_zalloc(), through __btrfs_add_free_space(), therefore we should use kmem_cache_free() and not kfree() to avoid any confusion and any potential problem. Looking at the kfree() definition at mm/slab.c it has the following comment: /* * (...) * * Don't free memory not originally allocated by kmalloc() * or you will run into trouble. */ So better be safe and use kmem_cache_free(). Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Filipe Manana Reviewed-by: David Sterba Signed-off-by: Chris Mason --- diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode-map.c b/fs/btrfs/inode-map.c index f6a596d5a637..218df701e607 100644 --- a/fs/btrfs/inode-map.c +++ b/fs/btrfs/inode-map.c @@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ void btrfs_unpin_free_ino(struct btrfs_root *root) __btrfs_add_free_space(ctl, info->offset, count); free: rb_erase(&info->offset_index, rbroot); - kfree(info); + kmem_cache_free(btrfs_free_space_cachep, info); } }