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Subject[PATCH] Document kfree and vfree NULL usage
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Hi,

This patch adds comments for kfree() and vfree() stating that both accept
NULL pointers. I audited vfree() callers and there seems to be lots of
confusion over this in the kernel.

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.
*/

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