linux-kernel - Re: [patch 04/26] Slab allocators: Support __GFP

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Date:	Mon, 18 Jun 2007 23:11:59 +0300
From:	"Pekka Enberg" <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
To:	"clameter@....com" <clameter@....com>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, suresh.b.siddha@...el.com
Subject: Re: [patch 04/26] Slab allocators: Support __GFP_ZERO in all allocators.

On 6/18/07, clameter@....com <clameter@....com> wrote:
> A kernel convention for many allocators is that if __GFP_ZERO is passed to
> an allocator then the allocated memory should be zeroed.
>
> This is currently not supported by the slab allocators. The inconsistency
> makes it difficult to implement in derived allocators such as in the uncached
> allocator and the pool allocators.

[snip]

> So add the necessary logic to all slab allocators to support __GFP_ZERO.

Looks good to me.

Acked-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
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