Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759235Ab2BJNJU (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:09:20 -0500 Received: from mail-iy0-f174.google.com ([209.85.210.174]:63021 "EHLO mail-iy0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758694Ab2BJNJT convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:09:19 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4F33CEAE.60400@gmail.com> References: <20120207141155.GA16184@elgon.mountain> <4F323388.7040902@kernel.dk> <20120208142513.4db2493a.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <4F33BF05.208@gmail.com> <4F33C7D7.1060801@kernel.dk> <32FA0BD0-7C0D-4ED4-B375-4736FC70AC05@gmail.com> <4F33CEAE.60400@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:09:18 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC v2] slab: introduce kmalloc_array From: Alexey Dobriyan To: Xi Wang Cc: Jens Axboe , Pekka Enberg , Andrew Morton , Dan Carpenter , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Christoph Lameter , Matt Mackall , David Rientjes Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 744 Lines: 17 On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 4:48 PM, Xi Wang wrote: > -static inline void *kcalloc(size_t n, size_t size, gfp_t flags) > +static inline void *kmalloc_array(size_t n, size_t size, gfp_t flags) >  { >        if (size != 0 && n > ULONG_MAX / size) >                return NULL; > -       return __kmalloc(n * size, flags | __GFP_ZERO); > +       return __kmalloc(n * size, flags); > +} It should be named kaalloc(), I think. Why it is ULONG_MAX, when size_t is used? -- 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/