[PATCH] KEYS: use kvfree() in add_key

From: Geliang Tang
Date: Fri Oct 02 2015 - 11:01:45 EST


There is no need to make a flag to tell that this memory is allocated by
kmalloc or vmalloc. Just use kvfree to free the memory.

Signed-off-by: Geliang Tang <geliangtang@xxxxxxx>
---
security/keys/keyctl.c | 8 +-------
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/security/keys/keyctl.c b/security/keys/keyctl.c
index 0b9ec78..6110fa4 100644
--- a/security/keys/keyctl.c
+++ b/security/keys/keyctl.c
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(add_key, const char __user *, _type,
char type[32], *description;
void *payload;
long ret;
- bool vm;

ret = -EINVAL;
if (plen > 1024 * 1024 - 1)
@@ -98,14 +97,12 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(add_key, const char __user *, _type,
/* pull the payload in if one was supplied */
payload = NULL;

- vm = false;
if (_payload) {
ret = -ENOMEM;
payload = kmalloc(plen, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
if (!payload) {
if (plen <= PAGE_SIZE)
goto error2;
- vm = true;
payload = vmalloc(plen);
if (!payload)
goto error2;
@@ -138,10 +135,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(add_key, const char __user *, _type,

key_ref_put(keyring_ref);
error3:
- if (!vm)
- kfree(payload);
- else
- vfree(payload);
+ kvfree(payload);
error2:
kfree(description);
error:
--
2.5.0


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