kfree(9)

kfree9

Free previously allocated memory

Usage

void kfree(const void * objp);

Arguments

objp

pointer returned by kmalloc.

Overview

If objp is NULL, no operation is performed.

Don't free memory not originally allocated by kmalloc or you will run into trouble.

Releases

6 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 5 times.

  1. 4.0
  2. 5.0
  3. 6.0
  4. 7
  5. 8
  6. 9

From linux-manual-4.9 4.9.228-1 in Debian 9 (Stretch). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.