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authorCatalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>2008-11-21 15:56:22 +0300
committerPekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>2008-11-26 17:48:47 +0300
commit249da166582801648432d0198be9407fb5ccf9f5 (patch)
tree15b101e9dec5be04fe080197ba489af44e098883 /mm
parented313489badef16d700f5a3be50e8fd8f8294bc8 (diff)
downloadlinux-249da166582801648432d0198be9407fb5ccf9f5.tar.xz
slab: Update the kmem_cache_create documentation regarding the name parameter
kmem_cache implementations like slub are allowed to merge multiple caches but only the initial name is preserved. Therefore, kmem_cache_name() is not guaranteed to return the same pointer passed to the former function. This patch updates the documentation to make this clearer. Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>
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diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index 09187517f9dc..c366e3910e89 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -2123,6 +2123,8 @@ static int __init_refok setup_cpu_cache(struct kmem_cache *cachep)
*
* @name must be valid until the cache is destroyed. This implies that
* the module calling this has to destroy the cache before getting unloaded.
+ * Note that kmem_cache_name() is not guaranteed to return the same pointer,
+ * therefore applications must manage it themselves.
*
* The flags are
*