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-rw-r--r--Documentation/livepatch/shadow-vars.txt10
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/livepatch/shadow-vars.txt b/Documentation/livepatch/shadow-vars.txt
index 9c7ae191641c..ecc09a7be5dd 100644
--- a/Documentation/livepatch/shadow-vars.txt
+++ b/Documentation/livepatch/shadow-vars.txt
@@ -65,11 +65,15 @@ to do actions that can be done only once when a new variable is allocated.
* klp_shadow_free() - detach and free a <obj, id> shadow variable
- find and remove a <obj, id> reference from global hashtable
- - if found, free shadow variable
+ - if found
+ - call destructor function if defined
+ - free shadow variable
* klp_shadow_free_all() - detach and free all <*, id> shadow variables
- find and remove any <*, id> references from global hashtable
- - if found, free shadow variable
+ - if found
+ - call destructor function if defined
+ - free shadow variable
2. Use cases
@@ -136,7 +140,7 @@ variable:
void sta_info_free(struct ieee80211_local *local, struct sta_info *sta)
{
- klp_shadow_free(sta, PS_LOCK);
+ klp_shadow_free(sta, PS_LOCK, NULL);
kfree(sta);
...