Re: [Xen-devel] free_xen_event_channel() forgets to free the channel or it is obsolete?

[Lin Tan <lintan2@xxxxxxxx>]

Thanks a lot for the explanation!

I was confused by the name free.

Lin

On Jan 27, 2008, at 3:45 AM, Keir Fraser wrote:

> It is called free_xen_event_channel() as the symmetric opposite of
> alloc_unbound_xen_event_channel(). Since the latter does no xmalloc 
> (), it
> makes sense the former would do no xfree().
>
>  -- Keir
>
> On 27/1/08 02:48, "Tan, Lin" <lintan2@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Should free_xen_event_channel() actually free the event_channel,  
> > by calling
> > free_xen_event_channel() and then xfree()? Right now, it only  
> > closes the
> > channel.
> >
> > Or free_xen_event_channel() is not used at all and should be  
> > removed, as
> > evtchn_destroy() does the same job?
> >
> > It is in file common/event_channel.c.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Lin
> >
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