Re: kfree(NULL)

[Andrew Morton]

"Hua Zhong" <hzhong@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > struct likeliness {
> > 	char *file;
> > 	int line;
> > 	atomic_t true_count;
> > 	atomic_t false_count;
> > 	struct likeliness *next;
> > };
> 
> It seems including atomic.h inside compiler.h is a bit tricky (might have interdependency).
> 
> Can we just live with int instead of atomic_t? We don't really care about losing a count occasionally..

Sure, int or long would work OK.

> > It'll crash if a module gets registered then unloaded. 
> > CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=n would be required.
> 
> What about init data that is thrown away after boot?

Good point.  Putting #ifndef CONFIG_foo around init/main.c:init()'s call to
free_initmem would fix that.
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