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Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2007 04:01:07 +0100
From: Segher Boessenkool <segher@...nel.crashing.org>
To: Amit Choudhary <amit2030@...il.com>
Cc: Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] include/linux/slab.h: new KFREE() macro.
> +#define KFREE(x) \
> + do { \
> + kfree(x); \
> + x = NULL; \
> + } while(0)
This doesn't work correctly if "x" has side effects --
double evaluation. Use a temporary variable instead,
or better, an inline function. A better name wouldn't
hurt either (kfree_and_zero()?)
Segher
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