1VFREE(9)                  Memory Management in Linux                  VFREE(9)
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NAME

6       vfree - release memory allocated by vmalloc
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SYNOPSIS

9       void vfree(const void * addr);
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ARGUMENTS

12       addr
13           memory base address
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DESCRIPTION

16       Free the virtually continuous memory area starting at addr, as obtained
17       from vmalloc, vmalloc_32 or __vmalloc. If addr is NULL, no operation is
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20       Must not be called in NMI context (strictly speaking, only if we don't
21       have CONFIG_ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG, but making the calling
22       conventions for vfree arch-depenedent would be a really bad idea)
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NOTE

25       assumes that the object at *addr has a size >= sizeof(llist_node)
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28Kernel Hackers Manual 3.10         June 2019                          VFREE(9)
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