linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 1/8] mm: Add kernel-doc for kvfree

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Date:   Wed, 14 Feb 2018 12:11:47 -0800
From:   Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@...rosoft.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com,
        Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/8] mm: Add kernel-doc for kvfree

From: Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@...rosoft.com>

Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@...rosoft.com>
---
 mm/util.c | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mm/util.c b/mm/util.c
index c1250501364f..dc4c7b551aaf 100644
--- a/mm/util.c
+++ b/mm/util.c
@@ -430,6 +430,16 @@ void *kvmalloc_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kvmalloc_node);
 
+/**
+ * kvfree() - Free memory.
+ * @addr: Pointer to allocated memory.
+ *
+ * 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)
 {
 	if (is_vmalloc_addr(addr))
-- 
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