linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] stringbuf: A string buffer implementation

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Date:	Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:05:31 +0300
From:	"Pekka Enberg" <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
To:	"Matthew Wilcox" <matthew@....cx>
Cc:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Matthew Wilcox" <willy@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] stringbuf: A string buffer implementation

Hi,

On 10/24/07, Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx> wrote:
> +static void sb_vprintf(struct stringbuf *sb, const char *format, va_list args)
> +{
> +       char *s;
> +       int size;
> +
> +       if (sb->alloc == -ENOMEM)
> +               return;
> +       if (sb->alloc == 0) {
> +               sb->s = kmalloc(INITIAL_SIZE, GFP_ATOMIC);

How about putting ->gfp_flags to struct stringbuf and initializing
that in sb_init() instead of hard-coding to GFP_ATOMIC here?

Btw, the "sb" abbrevation is already used for "superblock". Perhaps we
could use "str" for these?

                                             Pekka
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