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SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH] type safe allocator
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Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> writes:

> I wonder why we don't have type safe object allocators a-la new() in
> C++ or g_new() in glib?
>
> fooptr = k_new(struct foo, GFP_KERNEL);
>
> is nicer and more descriptive than
>
> fooptr = kmalloc(sizeof(*fooptr), GFP_KERNEL);
>
> and more safe than
>
> fooptr = kmalloc(sizeof(struct foo), GFP_KERNEL);

How is it more safe? It seems 100% equivalent to me,
just a different syntax.

>
> And we have zillions of both variants.

In my own non kernel code i tend to define a pascal style NEW()

#define NEW(p) ((p) = malloc(sizeof(*(p))))

But I'm not sure such a untraditional solution would too popular.

Also I don't think we have too many bugs in this area anyways; so
it might be better to concentrate on more fruitful areas.

-Andi
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