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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: yi'bin ding <yibin.ding01@gmail.com>
Cc: Yibin Ding <Yibin.Ding@unisoc.com>,
	djakov@kernel.org, rafael@kernel.org, niuzhiguo84@gmail.com,
	linux-pm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Hao_hao.Wang@unisoc.com, Ke.Wang@unisoc.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] interconnect: Add character pointer initialization
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2024 10:00:25 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2024090346-frame-scanner-8f61@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAC6ZDY8KuBV5YDFJayCELkPEf6w_cMttEfa5fgQW85Zs9UnQtQ@mail.gmail.com>

Again, please do not top-post, please fix your email client.

On Tue, Sep 03, 2024 at 03:23:13PM +0800, yi'bin ding wrote:
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> That happens if you write to the file, but what happens if you never write
> to the file?  What happens when you remove the driver/module,shouldn't you
> free the memory then as well?
> 
> answer:If no write operation is performed on the node, this part of the
> memory will not be released before shutdown. The initialization operation
> of this module is performed by the swapper process, so this part of the
> memory will be released when the swapper process is terminated during
> shutdown.

What "swapper process" are you talking about here?  Specifics please.

confused,

greg k-h

      parent reply	other threads:[~2024-09-03  8:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-08-30 10:22 [PATCH 1/2] interconnect: Add character pointer initialization Yibin Ding
2024-08-30 10:35 ` Greg KH
     [not found]   ` <CAC6ZDY_V1w92gg=ZugbHhWfBJpVqNpuTdgvURk0WYVnzqMKkjA@mail.gmail.com>
2024-09-02  6:10     ` Greg KH
     [not found]       ` <CAC6ZDY8KuBV5YDFJayCELkPEf6w_cMttEfa5fgQW85Zs9UnQtQ@mail.gmail.com>
2024-09-03  8:00         ` Greg KH [this message]

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