Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 4 Jan 2006 05:35:03 -0500 | From | Josef Sipek <> | Subject | Re: __getname vs kmalloc |
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On Wed, Jan 04, 2006 at 11:19:29AM +0100, Trond Myklebust wrote: > On Wed, 2006-01-04 at 01:32 -0500, Josef Sipek wrote: > > Which is the prefered method of allocating memory __getname or kmalloc? > > Depends entirely on the purpose. __getname uses the "names_cache" slab > and allocates PATH_MAX sized chunks. It is mainly supposed to be used > for temporary storage of an entire path. > > Most callers use getname(), which also does the string length sanity > checks and then copies the path from userland memory.
Ah, so since I am working with path components that'll get most of the time passed to lookup_one_len & friends, kmalloc is the better way to get memory, correct?
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