linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/8] mm: Add kvmalloc_ab_c and kvzalloc

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Message-ID: <1518643659.3678.34.camel@perches.com>
Date:   Wed, 14 Feb 2018 13:27:39 -0800
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@...rosoft.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/8] mm: Add kvmalloc_ab_c and kvzalloc_struct

On Wed, 2018-02-14 at 13:24 -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> Look at your patch 4
> 
> -       dev_dax = kzalloc(sizeof(*dev_dax) + sizeof(*res) * count, GFP_KERNEL);
> +       dev_dax = kvzalloc_struct(dev_dax, res, count, GFP_KERNEL);
> 
> Here what is being allocated is exactly a struct
> and an array.
> 
> And this doesn't compile either.

apologies,  my mistake.