From 2d5130fb77ddb71768c9b432b5e45d7cb7316d3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew Morton Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2018 15:45:55 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] mm/util.c: improve kvfree() kerneldoc Scooped from an email from Matthew. Cc: Mike Rapoport Cc: Jonathan Corbet Cc: Matthew Wilcox Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- mm/util.c | 11 +++++++---- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/util.c b/mm/util.c index d2890a4073321..9e3ebd2ef65f8 100644 --- a/mm/util.c +++ b/mm/util.c @@ -435,11 +435,14 @@ void *kvmalloc_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node) EXPORT_SYMBOL(kvmalloc_node); /** - * kvfree - free memory allocated with kvmalloc - * @addr: pointer returned by kvmalloc + * kvfree() - Free memory. + * @addr: Pointer to allocated memory. * - * If the memory is allocated from vmalloc area it is freed with vfree(). - * Otherwise kfree() is used. + * kvfree frees memory allocated by any of vmalloc(), kmalloc() or kvmalloc(). + * It is slightly more efficient to use kfree() or vfree() if you are certain + * that you know which one to use. + * + * Context: Any context except NMI. */ void kvfree(const void *addr) { -- 2.39.5