Re: [PATCH v2 4/5] bootconfig: Free copied bootconfig data after boot

[Masami Hiramatsu]

On Tue, 14 Sep 2021 18:13:51 -0700
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 5:53 PM Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Free copied bootconfig data after booting kernel because that
> > data will not be used anymore.
> 
> Don't do this.
> 
> You have already passed in that 'copy' to the xbc code, and
> xbc_destroy_all() should just free it.
> 
> Don't add new pointless variables to keep track of state that somebody
> else already keeps track of.

Ah, OK. So when I pass the copy, the ownership should be passed too.

Thank you,

> 
>            Linus


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