Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267652AbUIFIwY (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Sep 2004 04:52:24 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267668AbUIFIwY (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Sep 2004 04:52:24 -0400 Received: from ozlabs.org ([203.10.76.45]:36320 "EHLO ozlabs.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267652AbUIFIwV (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Sep 2004 04:52:21 -0400 Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2004 18:51:08 +1000 From: Anton Blanchard To: John Levon Cc: akpm@osdl.org, phil.el@wanadoo.fr, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix oprofile vfree warning on error Message-ID: <20040906085108.GQ7716@krispykreme> References: <20040904174403.GC7716@krispykreme> <20040904174642.GD7716@krispykreme> <20040905143201.GB79932@compsoc.man.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040905143201.GB79932@compsoc.man.ac.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040818i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 439 Lines: 12 > Why does vfree() differ from free() / kfree() in not accepting NULL ? > This seems like an interface wart. No idea, it does seem wrong to have this difference between kfree and vfree. Anton - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/