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author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2018-10-04 08:23:03 +0200 |
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committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2018-10-04 08:23:03 +0200 |
commit | c0554d2d3db438623b4f2f9abc3d766b2b15d2fb (patch) | |
tree | d00dc324772b95373f4bdc566b3437e5bf637157 /mm/util.c | |
parent | bef459026b161fbc39d20dcba698ed0cfffbac38 (diff) | |
parent | 1d2ba7fee28b3a47cca8e8f4f94a22d30b2b3a6f (diff) |
Merge branch 'linus' into x86/core, to pick up fixes
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'mm/util.c')
-rw-r--r-- | mm/util.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/mm/util.c b/mm/util.c index d2890a407332..9e3ebd2ef65f 100644 --- a/mm/util.c +++ b/mm/util.c @@ -435,11 +435,14 @@ void *kvmalloc_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node) EXPORT_SYMBOL(kvmalloc_node); /** - * kvfree - free memory allocated with kvmalloc - * @addr: pointer returned by kvmalloc + * kvfree() - Free memory. + * @addr: Pointer to allocated memory. * - * If the memory is allocated from vmalloc area it is freed with vfree(). - * Otherwise kfree() is used. + * kvfree frees memory allocated by any of vmalloc(), kmalloc() or kvmalloc(). + * It is slightly more efficient to use kfree() or vfree() if you are certain + * that you know which one to use. + * + * Context: Any context except NMI. */ void kvfree(const void *addr) { |