"on the safe size" should be "on the safe side". Signed-off-by: Chris Packham <chris.packham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst b/Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst index 939e3dfc86e9..dcf851b4520f 100644 --- a/Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst +++ b/Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ Selecting memory allocator ========================== The most straightforward way to allocate memory is to use a function -from the :c:func:`kmalloc` family. And, to be on the safe size it's +from the :c:func:`kmalloc` family. And, to be on the safe side it's best to use routines that set memory to zero, like :c:func:`kzalloc`. If you need to allocate memory for an array, there are :c:func:`kmalloc_array` and :c:func:`kcalloc` helpers. -- 2.23.0
