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Reuse the long term buffer during a reset as long as its size has not changed. If the size has changed, free it and allocate a new one of the appropriate size. When we do this, alloc_long_term_buff() and reset_long_term_buff() become identical. Drop reset_long_term_buff(). Reviewed-by: Rick Lindsley <ricklind@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Dany Madden <drt@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.