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Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 18:10:20 +0100 From: Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk> To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>, "Larry H." <research@...reption.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org, Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH] Use kzfree in tty buffer management to enforce data sanitization > I think Pekka meant the other way around - why don't we always just use > kmalloc(N_TTY_BUF_SIZE)/kfree(), and drop the whole conditional "use page > allocator" entirely? We certainly can nowdays - the old allocator used to allocate 8K for 4K and a bit of memory and its many years single we acquired slab so yes it can go. > If I'm right, then we could just use kmalloc/kfree unconditionally. Pekka? Added to the tty queue will do that tomorrow -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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