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

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Message-ID: <4F26468C.4000302@linaro.org>
Date:	Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:28:12 +0400
From:	Dmitry Antipov <dmitry.antipov@...aro.org>
To:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linaro-dev@...ts.linaro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] module: avoid call vmalloc if init size is zero

On 01/27/2012 03:21 PM, Rusty Russell wrote:

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

For the convenience and uniformity, should {alloc,free}_percpu() be
also modified in that way?

Dmitry
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