return buffer;
}
-/**
- * do_vfree - workqueue routine for freeing vmalloced memory
- * @work: data to be freed
- *
- * The work_struct is overlaid to the data being freed, as at the point
- * the work is scheduled the data is no longer valid, be its freeing
- * needs to be delayed until safe.
- */
-static void do_vfree(struct work_struct *work)
-{
- vfree(work);
-}
-
/**
* kvfree - free an allocation do by kvmalloc
* @buffer: buffer to free (MAYBE_NULL)
*/
void kvfree(void *buffer)
{
- if (is_vmalloc_addr(buffer)) {
- /* Data is no longer valid so just use the allocated space
- * as the work_struct
- */
- struct work_struct *work = (struct work_struct *) buffer;
- INIT_WORK(work, do_vfree);
- schedule_work(work);
- } else
+ if (is_vmalloc_addr(buffer))
+ vfree(buffer);
+ else
kfree(buffer);
}