netdev - Re: [PATCH nf-next] netfilter: nf_conncount: Use KMEM_CACHE() instead of kmem_cache

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Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2024 11:34:59 +0100
From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To: Kunwu Chan <chentao@...inos.cn>, coreteam@...filter.org,
 netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
 kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
 Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>,
 Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@...filter.org>,
 Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH nf-next] netfilter: nf_conncount: Use KMEM_CACHE() instead
 of kmem_cache_create()

> Use the new KMEM_CACHE() macro instead of direct kmem_cache_create
> to simplify the creation of SLAB caches.

I suggest to replace the word “new” by a reference to the commit 8eb8284b412906181357c2b0110d879d5af95e52
("usercopy: Prepare for usercopy whitelisting").

See also related background information from 2017-06-10.

Regards,
Markus