From: "Vishal Moola (Oracle)" <vishal.moola@gmail.com>
To: linux-mm@kvack.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
"Vishal Moola (Oracle)" <vishal.moola@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/7] mm/page_alloc: Add kernel-docs for free_pages()
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2025 12:32:52 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250826193258.902608-2-vishal.moola@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250826193258.902608-1-vishal.moola@gmail.com>
Add kernel-docs to free_pages(). This will help callers understand when
to use it instead of __free_pages().
Signed-off-by: Vishal Moola (Oracle) <vishal.moola@gmail.com>
---
mm/page_alloc.c | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index baead29b3e67..6ee8f450c078 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -5270,6 +5270,15 @@ void free_pages_nolock(struct page *page, unsigned int order)
___free_pages(page, order, FPI_TRYLOCK);
}
+/**
+ * free_pages - Free pages allocated with alloc_pages().
+ * @addr: The virtual address tied to a page returned from alloc_pages().
+ * @order: The order of the allocation.
+ *
+ * This function behaves the same as __free_pages(). Use this function
+ * to free pages when you only have a valid virtual address. If you have
+ * the page, call __free_pages() instead.
+ */
void free_pages(unsigned long addr, unsigned int order)
{
if (addr != 0) {
--
2.51.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-08-26 19:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-08-26 19:32 [PATCH 0/7] Cleanup free_pages() misuse Vishal Moola (Oracle)
2025-08-26 19:32 ` Vishal Moola (Oracle) [this message]
2025-08-26 19:38 ` [PATCH 1/7] mm/page_alloc: Add kernel-docs for free_pages() Matthew Wilcox
2025-08-26 19:32 ` [PATCH 2/7] aoe: Stop calling page_address() in free_page() Vishal Moola (Oracle)
2025-08-26 19:41 ` Matthew Wilcox
2025-08-26 20:12 ` Vishal Moola (Oracle)
2025-08-26 19:32 ` [PATCH 3/7] x86: Stop calling page_address() in free_pages() Vishal Moola (Oracle)
2025-08-26 19:32 ` [PATCH 4/7] riscv: " Vishal Moola (Oracle)
2025-08-26 19:32 ` [PATCH 5/7] powerpc: " Vishal Moola (Oracle)
2025-08-26 19:32 ` [PATCH 6/7] arm64: " Vishal Moola (Oracle)
2025-08-26 19:32 ` [PATCH 7/7] virtio_balloon: " Vishal Moola (Oracle)
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