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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