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authorqwang12 <qwang12@6f19259b-4bc3-4df7-8a09-765794883524>2008-10-30 09:17:01 +0000
committerqwang12 <qwang12@6f19259b-4bc3-4df7-8a09-765794883524>2008-10-30 09:17:01 +0000
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add info for removal of SafeFreePool.
git-svn-id: https://edk2.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/edk2/trunk/edk2@6309 6f19259b-4bc3-4df7-8a09-765794883524
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@@ -196,3 +196,13 @@ Possible Impacts:
Customer's module that reference GetPeiServicesTablePointer in PeiServicesTablePointer library may need to updated. Otherwise
a build break (mismatch of data type) may occur.
+EDK_6307: Non-Compatible: qwang12
+
+Remove SafeFreePool from MemoryAllocationLib as this API's name is misleading. Its implementation only check if a pointer is NULL. If a garbage pointer is passed in, the gBS->FreePool will still ASSERT in debug build and return error code.
+
+It is recommended that module writer should keep track how a pointer is allocated and free it after use.
+
+Possible Impacts:
+ Customer's module that reference SafeFreePool need to updated. Otherwise
+ a build break may occur.
+