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From: Venu Byravarasu <vbyravarasu@nvidia.com>
To: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: question on devm_kfree
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2012 11:26:34 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5021FF92.8030904@nvidia.com> (raw)

As per comments related to devm_kzalloc, memory allocated using it is freed automatically.
However there is a function called devm_kfree, comment section of which says that it is used to free memory allocated using devm_kzalloc().
If memory allocated by devm_kzalloc is freed automatically, what's the need & significance of devm_kfree?

Thanks,
Venu


             reply	other threads:[~2012-08-08  6:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-08-08  5:56 Venu Byravarasu [this message]
2012-08-08  6:30 ` question on devm_kfree Lars-Peter Clausen
2012-08-08  6:38   ` Venu Byravarasu

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