From: Thomas Petazzoni Instead of using the malloc() and free() wrappers needed by the lib/inflate.c code for allocations, simply use kmalloc() and kfree() in the initramfs code. This is needed for a further lib/inflate.c-related cleanup patch that will remove the malloc() and free() functions. Take that opportunity to remove the useless kmalloc() return value cast. Based on work done by Matt Mackall. Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni Cc: Matt Mackall Cc: Jan Engelhardt Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- init/initramfs.c | 20 ++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff -puN init/initramfs.c~use-directly-kmalloc-and-kfree-in-init-initramfsc init/initramfs.c --- a/init/initramfs.c~use-directly-kmalloc-and-kfree-in-init-initramfsc +++ a/init/initramfs.c @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ static char __init *find_link(int major, continue; return (*p)->name; } - q = (struct hash *)malloc(sizeof(struct hash)); + q = kmalloc(sizeof(struct hash), GFP_KERNEL); if (!q) panic("can't allocate link hash entry"); q->major = major; @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ static void __init free_hash(void) while (*p) { q = *p; *p = q->next; - free(q); + kfree(q); } } } @@ -445,10 +445,10 @@ static char * __init unpack_to_rootfs(ch { int written; dry_run = check_only; - header_buf = malloc(110); - symlink_buf = malloc(PATH_MAX + N_ALIGN(PATH_MAX) + 1); - name_buf = malloc(N_ALIGN(PATH_MAX)); - window = malloc(WSIZE); + header_buf = kmalloc(110, GFP_KERNEL); + symlink_buf = kmalloc(PATH_MAX + N_ALIGN(PATH_MAX) + 1, GFP_KERNEL); + name_buf = kmalloc(N_ALIGN(PATH_MAX), GFP_KERNEL); + window = kmalloc(WSIZE, GFP_KERNEL); if (!window || !header_buf || !symlink_buf || !name_buf) panic("can't allocate buffers"); state = Start; @@ -484,10 +484,10 @@ static char * __init unpack_to_rootfs(ch buf += inptr; len -= inptr; } - free(window); - free(name_buf); - free(symlink_buf); - free(header_buf); + kfree(window); + kfree(name_buf); + kfree(symlink_buf); + kfree(header_buf); return message; } _