Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751943AbXLCVUR (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Dec 2007 16:20:17 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751081AbXLCVUG (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Dec 2007 16:20:06 -0500 Received: from waste.org ([66.93.16.53]:51710 "EHLO waste.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751145AbXLCVUE (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Dec 2007 16:20:04 -0500 Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 15:19:05 -0600 From: Matt Mackall To: Pekka Enberg Cc: Adrian Bunk , Tetsuo Handa , acme@redhat.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add EXPORT_SYMBOL(ksize); Message-ID: <20071203211904.GO17536@waste.org> References: <200712021743.GBH12983.FHOFVJOMFLOStQ@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp> <20071202134841.GI15974@stusta.de> <200712030634.CBJ18798.OVFQJSFFOHMtLO@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp> <20071202214629.GA15034@ghostprotocols.net> <200712032041.ABB90643.SOFVQFtMHFLOOJ@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp> <20071203135700.GR15974@stusta.de> <84144f020712030607v79ebf1e8w8c8b14d2647f1deb@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <84144f020712030607v79ebf1e8w8c8b14d2647f1deb@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 898 Lines: 22 On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 04:07:33PM +0200, Pekka Enberg wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 08:41:44PM +0900, Tetsuo Handa wrote: > > > We couldn't know how much memory was allocated by kmalloc() in 2.4 era, and we can know it 2.6 era. > > > But are we going back to 2.4 era for out-of-tree kernel modules? > > On Dec 3, 2007 3:57 PM, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > The interesting fact is that there are zero in-kernel modules using it. > > Yeah, and now that we have krealloc() I don't expect that many callers > actually need ksize() either. Yes, most of them ought not exist. -- Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/