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SubjectRe: [RFC] kmem_cache_zalloc
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> > Much more useful would be kcalloc(). That way we can put all the missing 
> > 32bit overflow checking into kcalloc and remove a lot of crud from the
> > kernel where we have to keep doing maths checks.
>
> What should kcalloc do?

The same as calloc in standard C, but also make sure it does overflow checking.
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