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Kernel free() and NULL-safety
Is it decided that free/kern_free shouldn't be NULL-safe? That seems odd
and potentially risky to me, especially because POSIX specifies
userland's free() as NULL-safe. This change would also simplify the
kernel code by removing innumerable NULL checks.
I know that Linux and OpenBSD have NULL-safe kernel free(), so it may
also pose a risk when adapting or importing code.
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