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Date: Tue, 28 May 2019 08:32:57 +0800 From: Gen Zhang <blackgod016574@...il.com> To: gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, rafael@...nel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: [Question: devm_kfree] When should devm_kfree() be used? devm_kmalloc() is used to allocate memory for a driver dev. Comments above the definition and doc (https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/driver-model/devres.txt) all imply that allocated the memory is automatically freed on driver attach, no matter allocation fail or not. However, I examined the code, and there are many sites that devm_kfree() is used to free devm_kmalloc(). e.g. hisi_sas_debugfs_init() in drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas_main.c. So I am totally confused about this issue. Can anybody give me some guidance? When should we use devm_kfree()? Thanks
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