1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/kfifo.c b/kernel/kfifo.c
index 32c5c15d750d..35edbe22e9a9 100644
--- a/kernel/kfifo.c
+++ b/kernel/kfifo.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ int kfifo_alloc(struct kfifo *fifo, unsigned int size, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 
         buffer = kmalloc(size, gfp_mask);
         if (!buffer) {
-                _kfifo_init(fifo, 0, 0);
+                _kfifo_init(fifo, NULL, 0);
                 return -ENOMEM;
         }
 
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kfifo_alloc);
 void kfifo_free(struct kfifo *fifo)
 {
         kfree(fifo->buffer);
+        _kfifo_init(fifo, NULL, 0);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kfifo_free);
 
@@ -349,6 +350,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__kfifo_from_user_n);
  * @fifo: the fifo to be used.
  * @from: pointer to the data to be added.
  * @len: the length of the data to be added.
+ * @total: the actual returned data length.
  *
  * This function copies at most @len bytes from the @from into the
  * FIFO depending and returns -EFAULT/0.
@@ -399,7 +401,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__kfifo_to_user_n);
  * @fifo: the fifo to be used.
  * @to: where the data must be copied.
  * @len: the size of the destination buffer.
- @ @lenout: pointer to output variable with copied data
+ * @lenout: pointer to output variable with copied data
  *
  * This function copies at most @len bytes from the FIFO into the
  * @to buffer and 0 or -EFAULT.