VFREE

Section: Memory Management in Linux (9)
Updated: February 2011
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NAME

vfree - release memory allocated by vmalloc  

SYNOPSIS

void vfree(const void * addr);
 

ARGUMENTS

addr

memory base address
 

DESCRIPTION

Free the virtually continuous memory area starting at addr, as obtained from vmalloc, vmalloc_32 or __vmalloc. If addr is NULL, no operation is performed.

Must not be called in interrupt context.  

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