From: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@microsoft.com>,
linux-mm@kvack.org, Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] mm: Add kernel-doc for kvfree
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 10:26:17 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180214182618.14627-2-willy@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180214182618.14627-1-willy@infradead.org>
From: Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@microsoft.com>
---
mm/util.c | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
diff --git a/mm/util.c b/mm/util.c
index c1250501364f..dc4c7b551aaf 100644
--- a/mm/util.c
+++ b/mm/util.c
@@ -430,6 +430,16 @@ void *kvmalloc_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(kvmalloc_node);
+/**
+ * kvfree() - Free memory.
+ * @addr: Pointer to allocated memory.
+ *
+ * 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)
{
if (is_vmalloc_addr(addr))
--
2.15.1
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-02-14 18:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-02-14 18:26 [PATCH 0/2] Add kvzalloc_struct to complement kvzalloc_array Matthew Wilcox
2018-02-14 18:26 ` Matthew Wilcox [this message]
2018-02-14 18:26 ` [PATCH 2/2] mm: Add kvmalloc_ab_c and kvzalloc_struct Matthew Wilcox
2018-02-14 19:22 ` Kees Cook
2018-02-14 19:27 ` Julia Lawall
2018-02-14 19:35 ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-03-07 21:18 ` Julia Lawall
2018-03-08 2:58 ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-03-08 6:24 ` Julia Lawall
2018-03-08 23:05 ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-03-09 5:59 ` Julia Lawall
2018-03-13 17:19 ` Julia Lawall
2018-03-13 18:32 ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-03-13 18:35 ` Julia Lawall
2018-04-29 16:59 ` Kees Cook
2018-04-29 20:30 ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-04-30 19:02 ` Kees Cook
2018-04-30 20:16 ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-04-30 21:29 ` Rasmus Villemoes
2018-04-30 22:41 ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-05-01 17:00 ` Kees Cook
2018-05-01 17:41 ` Julia Lawall
2018-05-03 23:00 ` Rasmus Villemoes
2018-05-04 0:36 ` Kees Cook
2018-05-04 0:40 ` Kees Cook
2018-04-30 22:29 ` Kees Cook
2018-02-14 19:55 ` Christopher Lameter
2018-02-14 20:14 ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-02-15 15:55 ` Christopher Lameter
2018-02-15 16:23 ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-02-15 17:06 ` Christopher Lameter
2018-02-22 1:28 ` Kees Cook
2018-05-04 7:42 ` Linus Torvalds
2018-05-04 13:14 ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-05-04 15:35 ` Linus Torvalds
2018-05-04 16:03 ` Kees Cook
2018-02-14 18:47 ` [PATCH 0/2] Add kvzalloc_struct to complement kvzalloc_array Joe Perches
2018-02-14 19:23 ` Kees Cook
2018-02-14 19:32 ` Joe Perches
2018-02-14 19:36 ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-02-14 19:43 ` Joe Perches
2018-02-14 19:56 ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-02-14 20:06 ` Joe Perches
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