linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC v2] slab: introduce kmalloc

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Message-Id: <ADCFB33D-7284-4D3F-8280-545AF82EC744@gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:43:36 -0500
From:	Xi Wang <xi.wang@...il.com>
To:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
Cc:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC v2] slab: introduce kmalloc_array

On Feb 14, 2012, at 11:34 AM, Christoph Lameter wrote:
> You can if you check the results later. A zero size return would be an
> indication of an error. No need to pass it on to kmalloc.

Maybe I misunderstood something here.  How do you not pass it to
kmalloc() with kmalloc(SAFE_ARRAY_SIZE(n, size), ...)?

- xi
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