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| author | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2018-09-12 22:22:42 -0700 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2018-09-12 22:22:42 -0700 |
| commit | aaf9253025e80cf8f62d7b33670e84e838eec5a3 (patch) | |
| tree | f13b307c8407cc05ff803c4d7f6a0967d85ce3ec /mm/util.c | |
| parent | a20625e49ddefc250c221478fb0dc62ea27722a6 (diff) | |
| parent | 7428b2e5d0b195f2a5e40f91d2b41a8503fcfe68 (diff) | |
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net
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) { |