Messages in this thread |  | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] EDAC: core EDAC support code | | From | Arjan van de Ven <> | | Date | Mon, 06 Mar 2006 22:07:41 +0100 |
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> Is it more desirable to dynamically allocate kobjects than to declare > them statically?
Yes
> If so, I'd be curious to know why dynamic > allocation is preferred over static allocation.
because the lifetime of the kobject is independent of the lifetime of the memory of your static allocation. Separate lifetimes -> separate memory is a very good design principle.
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