linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2] fs: ubifs: Replace kmem_cache_alloc/memset with kmem_cache

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Date:	Thu, 26 May 2016 16:33:33 +0200
From:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
To:	Salah Triki <salah.triki@....org>, dedekind1@...il.com,
	adrian.hunter@...el.com
Cc:	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] fs: ubifs: Replace kmem_cache_alloc/memset with
 kmem_cache_zalloc

Am 26.05.2016 um 16:28 schrieb Salah Triki:
> Code is more readable when using kmem_cache_zalloc instead of kmem_cache_alloc/memset.

I don't fully agree. You also have ignored my other comment on this patch.
Please note that the path you are patching is a hot path.

Thanks,
//richard