linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/9] VFS: Introduce a mount context

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Date:   Thu, 04 May 2017 10:27:05 +0100
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     dhowells@...hat.com, Jeff Layton <jlayton@...chiereds.net>,
        viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        mszeredi@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/9] VFS: Introduce a mount context

Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:

> krealloc would probably be more efficient and possible
> readable as likely there's already padding in the original
> allocation.

Given there's a maximum of 3 slots, I think it makes better sense to just
allocate them all up front.

David