linux-kernel - Re: Re: [PATCH] drivers: Conversions from kmalloc+memset to k(z|c)alloc.

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Message-ID: <84144f020607201049g1391d3f4qfdb6f4a0821a5be8@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 20 Jul 2006 20:49:08 +0300
From:	"Pekka Enberg" <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
To:	"Panagiotis Issaris" <takis@....org>
Cc:	"Daniel K." <daniel@...ded.net>,
	"Panagiotis Issaris" <takis@...umba.uhasselt.be>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, len.brown@...el.com,
	chas@....nrl.navy.mil, miquel@...uba.ar, kkeil@...e.de,
	benh@...nel.crashing.org, video4linux-list@...hat.com,
	rmk+mmc@....linux.org.uk, Neela.Kolli@...enio.com,
	jgarzik@...ox.com, vandrove@...cvut.cz, adaplas@....net,
	thomas@...ischhofer.net, weissg@...nna.at, philb@....org,
	linux-pcmcia@...ts.infradead.org, jkmaline@...hut.fi,
	paulus@...ba.org
Subject: Re: Re: [PATCH] drivers: Conversions from kmalloc+memset to k(z|c)alloc.

On 7/20/06, Panagiotis Issaris <takis@....org> wrote:
> I figured someone might want to add extra code in f.e. RIOGetCmddBlk to
> be able to debug/modify memory allocation behavior for the RIO driver
> only. It does look a bit messy though. So I've updated it in my updated
> patch.

Yes, we have people adding those and I keep trying to get rid of them
;-). With Al Viro's slab memory leak tracking patches in-tree and
Catalin's kmemleak on the way, there really is no excuse adding new
ones.
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