On Wed, 7 Feb 2018 09:19:36 -0800 Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Please no, I hate subtle internal decisions like this. It makes > > debugging much more difficult, when allocating dynamic sized variables. > > When something works at one size but not the other. > > You know we already have kvmalloc()? Yes, and the name suggests exactly what it does. It has both "k" and "v" which tells me that if I use it it could be one or the other. But a generic "malloc" or "free" that does things differently depending on the size is a different story. -- Steve -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>
