Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 3 Apr 2002 16:28:10 -0600 | From | Tommy Reynolds <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] kmem_cache_zalloc() |
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Uttered "Eric Sandeen" <sandeen@sgi.com>, spoke thus:
> In short, we're using a kmem_cache_zalloc() function in XFS which just > does kmem_cache_alloc + memset. > > We'd like to incorporate this into the kernel proper, and several others > chimed in that it would be useful, so here's the patch. If it's a no-go > with you, we can roll this functionality back under fs/xfs to reduce our > changes in the mainline kernel.
Why not use the constructor function interface to kmem_cache_create that is _already_ in the kernel API? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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