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

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Date:	Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:04:22 +0100
From:	Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com>
To:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>
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

Le Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:00:35 +0100 (CET),
Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de> a écrit :

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

Ok, so as Andrew is in Cc:, I suppose he will pick the patch :-)

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

After this patch, they are still used by the lib/inflate.c code. But if
you look at the patch called "inflate: refactor inflate malloc code"
that I sent to the LKML this morning, you'll see that it removes the
malloc() and free() wrappers (and does some more clean-up).

Sincerly,

Thomas
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