netdev - Re: [PATCH 46/49] net/netfilter: Use vzalloc

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Date:	Thu, 04 Nov 2010 23:55:46 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>, Jiri Kosina <trivial@...nel.org>,
	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, netfilter@...r.kernel.org,
	coreteam@...filter.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 46/49] net/netfilter: Use vzalloc

On Fri, 2010-11-05 at 07:30 +0100, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> I had _one_ patch, waiting that David actually had vzalloc() in its tree
> before sending it.

Fine by me, use yours.

> Given Jesper Juhl was doing this work, could you please take another
> one, please ?
> For example, explaining him how to use other tools than "bash+egrep
> +manual inspection" as he mentioned in a previous mail.

Jesper Juhl was both pointed at the cocci docs and
given a cocci script.  He said he'd investigate it
when he could.  I trust he will get to it.

I think that for this sort of patchset, grep and
manual inspection works just as well as spatch
and likely better because a simple cocci script
doesn't transform code like:

	if (size > PAGE_SIZE)
		ptr = vmalloc(size);
	else
		ptr = kmalloc(size, GFP);
	if (ptr)
		memset(ptr, 0, size);

I did say in the 00 cover that this was broken up
just to cc the maintainers of each block.

I also think a single rolled-up single patch is good.

I believe Jiri Kosina can easily apply all these
individual patches as a single patch if he chooses.

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