linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 35/37] drivers/block/aoe: Use kmemdup

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Date:	Sun, 16 May 2010 19:38:55 +0300
From:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
To:	Ed Cashin <ecashin@...aid.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 35/37] drivers/block/aoe: Use kmemdup

On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 3:42 PM, Ed Cashin <ecashin@...aid.com> wrote:
> (Because the argument about whether this kind of change
> adds value in general has already taken place.  I'd say no, but that's
> based on a maybe faulty idea that if folks weren't doing this they'd have
> more time for reviewing patches, etc.)

It makes kernel text size smaller so yes, it adds value.
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