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kvfree(): fix misleading comment 

vfree() might sleep if called not in interrupt context.  So does kvfree()
too.  Fix misleading kvfree()'s comment about allowed context.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180914130512.10394-1-aryabinin@virtuozzo.com
Fixes: 04b8e94607 ("mm/util.c: improve kvfree() kerneldoc")
Signed-off-by: Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@virtuozzo.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
hifive-unleashed-5.1
Andrey Ryabinin 2018-10-26 15:07:00 -07:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent dedf2c73b8
commit 52414d3302
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@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kvmalloc_node);
* 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.
* Context: Either preemptible task context or not-NMI interrupt.
*/
void kvfree(const void *addr)
{