linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/6] selinux: convert to kvmalloc

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Date:   Sat, 8 Sep 2018 02:08:03 +0900
From:   Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>
To:     Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/6] selinux: convert to kvmalloc

On 2018/09/08 1:56, Kent Overstreet wrote:
> @@ -329,8 +328,7 @@ int avtab_alloc(struct avtab *h, u32 nrules)
>  		nslot = MAX_AVTAB_HASH_BUCKETS;
>  	mask = nslot - 1;
>  
> -	h->htable = flex_array_alloc(sizeof(struct avtab_node *), nslot,
> -				     GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
> +	h->htable = kvmalloc_array(nslot, sizeof(void *), GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!h->htable)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
>  

kvmalloc_array() does not imply __GFP_ZERO.