slab: Update the kmem_cache_create documentation regarding the name parameter
kmem_cache implementations like slub are allowed to merge multiple
caches but only the initial name is preserved. Therefore,
kmem_cache_name() is not guaranteed to return the same pointer passed to
the former function. This patch updates the documentation to make this
clearer.
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>
diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index 0918751..c366e39 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -2123,6 +2123,8 @@
*
* @name must be valid until the cache is destroyed. This implies that
* the module calling this has to destroy the cache before getting unloaded.
+ * Note that kmem_cache_name() is not guaranteed to return the same pointer,
+ * therefore applications must manage it themselves.
*
* The flags are
*