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author | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2018-09-16 22:44:14 +0200 |
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committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2018-09-16 22:44:14 +0200 |
commit | 1652a83fa494b12e20fc02a2cc3ddbcd75d53170 (patch) | |
tree | 2aa6461f309916dfadb19ed9e30886f4ece11e39 /mm/util.c | |
parent | d6142b91e9cc249b3aa22c90fade67e2e2d52cdb (diff) | |
parent | 7876320f88802b22d4e2daf7eb027dd14175a0f8 (diff) |
Merge 4.19-rc4 into usb-next
We need the USB fixes in here as well.
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.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) { |