linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/8] lib/printbuf: New data structure for heap-allocated strings

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Message-ID: <20220422042017.GA9946@lst.de>
Date:   Fri, 22 Apr 2022 06:20:17 +0200
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, hch@....de, hannes@...xchg.org,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-clk@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org, linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
        roman.gushchin@...ux.dev, rostedt@...dmis.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/8] lib/printbuf: New data structure for
 heap-allocated strings

I still see absolutel no reason to bloat the kernel with a duplicate
of the existing seq_buf functionality.  Please use that and improve it
where needed for your use case.