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| -rw-r--r-- | mm/vmalloc.c | 21 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c index 04ac98bf5045..74af03a2a769 100644 --- a/mm/vmalloc.c +++ b/mm/vmalloc.c @@ -2321,20 +2321,21 @@ static void __vfree(const void *addr) } /** - * vfree - release memory allocated by vmalloc() - * @addr: memory base address + * vfree - Release memory allocated by vmalloc() + * @addr: Memory base address * - * Free the virtually continuous memory area starting at @addr, as - * obtained from vmalloc(), vmalloc_32() or __vmalloc(). If @addr is - * NULL, no operation is performed. + * Free the virtually continuous memory area starting at @addr, as obtained + * from one of the vmalloc() family of APIs. This will usually also free the + * physical memory underlying the virtual allocation, but that memory is + * reference counted, so it will not be freed until the last user goes away. * - * Must not be called in NMI context (strictly speaking, only if we don't - * have CONFIG_ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG, but making the calling - * conventions for vfree() arch-depenedent would be a really bad idea) + * If @addr is NULL, no operation is performed. * + * Context: * May sleep if called *not* from interrupt context. - * - * NOTE: assumes that the object at @addr has a size >= sizeof(llist_node) + * Must not be called in NMI context (strictly speaking, it could be + * if we have CONFIG_ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG, but making the calling + * conventions for vfree() arch-depenedent would be a really bad idea). */ void vfree(const void *addr) { |