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Diffstat (limited to 'mm/page_alloc.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/page_alloc.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c index 54dbb6f0d14e..8de5fb5528eb 100644 --- a/mm/page_alloc.c +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c @@ -5275,6 +5275,15 @@ void free_pages_nolock(struct page *page, unsigned int order) ___free_pages(page, order, FPI_TRYLOCK); } +/** + * free_pages - Free pages allocated with __get_free_pages(). + * @addr: The virtual address tied to a page returned from __get_free_pages(). + * @order: The order of the allocation. + * + * This function behaves the same as __free_pages(). Use this function + * to free pages when you only have a valid virtual address. If you have + * the page, call __free_pages() instead. + */ void free_pages(unsigned long addr, unsigned int order) { if (addr != 0) { |