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SubjectRe: [RFC][PATCH] kmalloc + memset(foo, 0, bar) = kmalloc0

On 09.11, Jamie Lokier wrote:
> viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk wrote:
> > Bad choice of name - too easy to confuse with kmalloc().
>
> kmalloc_and_zero() would be much clearer.
>

Why not kcalloc() ?

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