linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Use directly kmalloc() and kfree() in init/initramfs.c

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Date:	Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:00:35 +0100 (CET)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>
To:	Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com>
cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, mpm@...enic.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Use directly kmalloc() and kfree() in init/initramfs.c


On Feb 15 2008 16:45, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
>
>> Remove the cast while you are at it, thanks :)
>
>Right, thanks for the comment. Here is an updated patch. Who will pick
>it up ? There doesn't seem to be a maintainer for the initramfs code
>(not in MAINTAINERS, not in the init/initramfs.c file itself).

Anyone you can get to push the actual changeset; many won't feel
responsible :) so the path is through ->akpm->linus here.

BTW, if you changed free to kfree, did the free macro/whatever get 
removed or is it still used?
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