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author | Robert Moore <Robert.Moore@intel.com> | 2013-09-19 07:44:29 -0700 |
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committer | Robert Moore <Robert.Moore@intel.com> | 2013-09-19 07:44:29 -0700 |
commit | 24298543de2adf78e08c7a842c2fb95c70ca603d (patch) | |
tree | 00912e35f7054aba3a67d6e69751a3dcb39a3c8f | |
parent | 68be8c5b8db438f6f21e0b029480a6a5b644d9b1 (diff) | |
download | acpica-24298543de2adf78e08c7a842c2fb95c70ca603d.tar.gz |
Update comment: no functional change.
Adds a comment to clarify reason for using AcpiOsFree directly
instead of ACPI_FREE.
-rw-r--r-- | source/components/namespace/nsxfeval.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/source/components/namespace/nsxfeval.c b/source/components/namespace/nsxfeval.c index 9d2fac1c3..d8b34807c 100644 --- a/source/components/namespace/nsxfeval.c +++ b/source/components/namespace/nsxfeval.c @@ -221,8 +221,12 @@ AcpiEvaluateObjectTyped ( if (MustFree) { - /* Caller used ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER, free the return buffer */ - + /* + * Caller used ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER, free the return buffer. + * Note: We use AcpiOsFree here because AcpiOsAllocate was used + * to allocate the buffer. This purposefully bypasses the internal + * allocation tracking mechanism (if it is enabled). + */ AcpiOsFree (ReturnBuffer->Pointer); ReturnBuffer->Pointer = NULL; } |