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From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] remove last references to linux/malloc.h
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"Randy.Dunlap" wrote:
> 
> Morten Helgesen wrote:
> >
> > Hey David.
> >
> > I see your point - but someone has obiously decided to switch from malloc.h to slab.h, and I do not
> > see the point in having three references to malloc.h when malloc.h only prints a warning and then includes
> > slab.h
> >
> > == Morten
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 01:54:29PM +0000, David Woodhouse wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > admin@nextframe.net said:
> > > >  Ok people - stop submitting patches which include malloc.h. Include
> > > > slab.h instead. :)
> > >
> > > Bah. I was sort of hoping we'd come to our collective senses and switch
> > > them all back.
> > >
> > > What does malloc.h do? Stuff to do with memory allocation, one presumes.
> > > What does slab.h do? Some random implementation detail that people have no
> > > business knowing about.
> 
> Too bad someone decided to change.  I agree with David.
> 
> malloc.h is just too plain obvious, I suppose.
> slab.h is only an implementation detail.

Water under the bridge...  someone should have spoken up long ago :) 
malloc.h has been an empty shell for years and years, and I do not see
how the API benefits from this.  Does "malloc" exist in kernel code? 
No.  kmalloc does...  so it's arguably already misnamed as well as
superfluous.

	Jeff


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