From: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>
To: akpm@osdl.org
Cc: manfred@colorfullife.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] Document kfree and vfree NULL usage (resend)
Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2004 21:48:02 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1102103282.17778.9.camel@localhost> (raw)
Hi,
This patch adds comments for kfree() and vfree() stating that both accept
NULL pointers.
Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>
---
slab.c | 2 ++
vmalloc.c | 3 ++-
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
Index: 2.6.10-rc2/mm/slab.c
===================================================================
--- 2.6.10-rc2.orig/mm/slab.c 2004-11-27 14:33:14.000000000 +0200
+++ 2.6.10-rc2/mm/slab.c 2004-11-27 16:12:54.573387384 +0200
@@ -2535,6 +2535,8 @@
* kfree - free previously allocated memory
* @objp: pointer returned by kmalloc.
*
+ * If @objp is NULL, no operation is performed.
+ *
* Don't free memory not originally allocated by kmalloc()
* or you will run into trouble.
*/
Index: 2.6.10-rc2/mm/vmalloc.c
===================================================================
--- 2.6.10-rc2.orig/mm/vmalloc.c 2004-11-27 16:13:48.026261312 +0200
+++ 2.6.10-rc2/mm/vmalloc.c 2004-11-27 16:14:04.875699808 +0200
@@ -389,7 +389,8 @@
* @addr: memory base address
*
* Free the virtually contiguous memory area starting at @addr, as
- * obtained from vmalloc(), vmalloc_32() or __vmalloc().
+ * obtained from vmalloc(), vmalloc_32() or __vmalloc(). If @addr is
+ * NULL, no operation is performed.
*
* May not be called in interrupt context.
*/
next reply other threads:[~2004-12-03 19:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-12-03 19:48 Pekka Enberg [this message]
2004-12-05 15:33 ` [PATCH] Document kfree and vfree NULL usage (resend) Manfred Spraul
2004-12-05 16:05 ` Kernel Stuff
2004-12-05 16:59 ` Manfred Spraul
2004-12-05 17:44 ` Kernel Stuff
2004-12-05 17:57 ` Manfred Spraul
2004-12-05 18:12 ` Parag Warudkar
2004-12-05 20:29 ` Pekka Enberg
[not found] ` <200412051648.08283.kernel-stuff@comcast.net>
2004-12-06 8:09 ` Pekka Enberg
2004-12-05 20:21 ` Pekka Enberg
2004-12-05 20:38 ` Parag Warudkar
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