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SubjectRe: [PATCH] slab: introduce kmem_cache_zalloc allocator
On Tue, 21 Mar 2006, Bodo Eggert wrote:
> Yes. At least that's what I understand from the whole zalloc process.

Zalloc does two things: (1) reduce human error and (2) shrink kernel text
size. Pre-zeroing is a possible optimization but needs to be measured. It
is not necessarily a positive gain due to cache effects.

Pekka
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