Messages in this thread | | | From | Denis Vlasenko <> | Subject | Re: 2.5.67-mm2 | Date | Mon, 14 Apr 2003 09:24:26 +0300 |
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On 13 April 2003 17:54, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > On Sun, 2003-04-13 at 15:12, Ingo Oeser wrote: > > Hi Andrew, > > hi lists readers, > > > > On Sat, Apr 12, 2003 at 06:08:52PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > +gfp_repeat.patch > > > > > > Implement __GFP_REPEAT: so we can consolidate lots of > > > alloc-with-retry code. > > > > What about reworking the semantics of kmalloc()? > > > > Many users of kmalloc get the flags and size reversed (major > > source of hard to find bugs), so wouldn't it be simpler to have: > > that in itself is easy to find btw; just give every GFP_* an extra > __GFP_REQUIRED bit and then check inside kmalloc for that bit (MSB?) > to be set.....
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