linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] netfilter: use krealloc() in nf_conntrack

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Message-ID: <4835C806.6020408@trash.net>
Date:	Thu, 22 May 2008 21:22:46 +0200
From:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
To:	Pekka J Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
CC:	netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mpm@...enic.com, clameter@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] netfilter: use krealloc() in nf_conntrack_extend.c V2

Pekka J Enberg wrote:
> To: kaber@...sh.net
> [PATCH] netfilter: use krealloc() in nf_conntrack_extend.c V2
> From: Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
>
> The ksize() API is going away because it is being abused and it doesn't even
> work consistenly across different allocators. Therefore, convert
> net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_extend.c to use krealloc().
>
> Cc: <netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org>
> Cc: <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
> Cc: Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>
> Cc: Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
> Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
> ---
> Patrick, please use this patch instead. The previous one did the moving
> unconditionally which is wrong. This one moves entries around only if
> krealloc() allocated a new buffer.

Applied, thanks.
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