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@@ -155,11 +155,12 @@
        The nvlist_xalloc() function differs from nvlist_alloc() in that
        nvlist_xalloc() can use a different allocator, as described in the
        Pluggable Allocators section.
 
 
-       The nvlist_free() function frees a name-value pair list.
+       The nvlist_free() function frees a name-value pair list. If nvl is a
+       null pointer, no action occurs.
 
 
        The nvlist_size() function returns the minimum size of a contiguous
        buffer large enough to pack nvl. The encoding parameter specifies the
        method of encoding when packing nvl. Supported encoding methods are:

@@ -458,6 +459,6 @@
        These functions can be called from user or kernel context with any
        valid flag.
 
 
 
-                               January 16, 2006               NVLIST_ALLOC(9F)
+                               February 15, 2016              NVLIST_ALLOC(9F)