* [PATCH] [RESEND] include/linux/slab.h: new KFREE() macro.
@ 2007-01-01 21:53 Amit Choudhary
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From: Amit Choudhary @ 2007-01-01 21:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Linux Kernel
Description: new KFREE() macro to set the variable NULL after freeing it.
Signed-off-by: Amit Choudhary <amit2030@gmail.com>
diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h
index 1ef822e..28da74c 100644
--- a/include/linux/slab.h
+++ b/include/linux/slab.h
@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@ void *__kzalloc(size_t, gfp_t);
void kfree(const void *);
unsigned int ksize(const void *);
+#define KFREE(x) \
+ do { \
+ kfree(x); \
+ x = NULL; \
+ } while(0)
+
/**
* kcalloc - allocate memory for an array. The memory is set to zero.
* @n: number of elements.
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