linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] mm: Add kvmalloc_ab_c and kvzalloc

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Date:   Thu, 15 Feb 2018 09:55:11 -0600 (CST)
From:   Christopher Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
To:     Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@...rosoft.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] mm: Add kvmalloc_ab_c and kvzalloc_struct

On Wed, 14 Feb 2018, Matthew Wilcox wrote:

> > Uppercase like the similar KMEM_CACHE related macros in
> > include/linux/slab.h?>
>
> Do you think that would look better in the users?  Compare:

Does looking matter? I thought we had the convention that macros are
uppercase. There are some tricks going on with the struct. Uppercase shows
that something special is going on.

> Making it look like a function is more pleasing to my eye, but I'll
> change it if that's the only thing keeping it from being merged.

This should be consistent throughout the source.