Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 27 Nov 2002 15:26:59 -0500 | From | Linux Geek <> | Subject | Question about copy_from/copy_to |
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I'm trying to write a device driver (module) for one of my customers and have the following problem.
kernel veraion 2.4.18...
Memory is allocated (kmalloc) in the "open" call.
The above memory is used in copy_from/to in the "ioctl" (and possibly the read/write) call.
I understand that the copy_from/to may wait for pages to be swapped in, If the waiting process is killed at this point, is it safe to free the memory in the "close/release" call? If not, when is it safe to call kfree?
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