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.\"      Date: March 2017
.\"    Manual: Memory Management in Linux
.\"    Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 4.10.7
.\"  Language: English
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.TH "KFREE" "9" "March 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.10\&" "Memory Management in Linux"
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.SH "NAME"
kfree \- free previously allocated memory
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'void\ kfree('u
.BI "void kfree(const\ void\ *\ " "objp" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIobjp\fR
.RS 4
pointer returned by kmalloc\&.
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
If
\fIobjp\fR
is NULL, no operation is performed\&.
.PP
Don\*(Aqt free memory not originally allocated by
\fBkmalloc\fR
or you will run into trouble\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
.br