linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] module: avoid call vmalloc if init size is zero

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Date:	Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:51:54 +1030
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	Dmitry Antipov <dmitry.antipov@...aro.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linaro-dev@...ts.linaro.org,
	patches@...aro.org, Dmitry Antipov <dmitry.antipov@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] module: avoid call vmalloc if init size is zero

On Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:19:16 +0400, Dmitry Antipov <dmitry.antipov@...aro.org> wrote:
> For the architectures with it's own module_alloc(), if module init
> size is zero, avoiding module_alloc_update_bounds() and memset()
> no-op calls also eliminates warn_alloc_failed() zero-size warning
> in __vmalloc_node_range().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Antipov <dmitry.antipov@...aro.org>

Please fix __vmalloc_node_range() instead to return ZERO_SIZE_PTR.
And of course, vfree() to use ZERO_OR_NULL_PTR().

Thanks,
Rusty.
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