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| author | Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net> | 2018-09-25 11:30:47 -0700 |
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| committer | Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net> | 2018-09-25 11:30:47 -0700 |
| commit | cdddeefc39cc26b2d429f8f7ea3c35bf8cb8c6a1 (patch) | |
| tree | 2628d4922d0675df5659439f22f5ebda9c4b302a /mm/util.c | |
| parent | bf1da406909b13903873d1f91346f99303fd8cb3 (diff) | |
| parent | 11da3a7f84f19c26da6f86af878298694ede0804 (diff) | |
Merge tag 'v4.19-rc3' into next/drivers
Linux 4.19-rc3
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) { |