linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH] kmemdup_from

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Date:	Fri,  6 Mar 2009 16:37:12 +0900 (JST)
From:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Americo Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Cc:	kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com, Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] kmemdup_from_user(): introduce

> > /**
> >+ * kmemdup_from_user - duplicate memory region from user space
> >+ *
> >+ * @src: source address in user space
> >+ * @len: number of bytes to copy
> >+ * @gfp: GFP mask to use
> >+ */
> >+void *kmemdup_from_user(const void __user *src, size_t len, gfp_t gfp)
> >+{
> >+	void *p;
> >+
> >+	p = kmalloc_track_caller(len, gfp);
> 
> 
> Well, you use kmalloc_track_caller, instead of kmalloc as you showed
> above. :) Why don't you mention this?

kmalloc() wrapper function must use kmalloc_track_caller().
his code is right.

if not, kmalloc tracking feature is breaked.



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