---
name: "free_percpu"
section: "9"
platform: "linux"
package: "linux-manual-2.6.18"
version: "2.6.18.dfsg.1-26etch2"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/free_percpu"
---

# free\_percpu(9)

free previously allocated percpu memory

## NAME

free\_percpu - free previously allocated percpu memory

## SYNOPSIS

**void free\_percpu(const void \*** *objp***);**

## ARGUMENTS

*objp*

pointer returned by alloc\_percpu.

## DESCRIPTION

Don't free memory not originally allocated by **alloc\_percpu** The complemented objp is to check for that.

## COPYRIGHT