Re: [PATCH] kernel: use kcalloc instead kmalloc/memset

[Roman Zippel]

Hi,

On Thu, 4 Aug 2005, Andrew Morton wrote:

> > +static inline void *kzalloc(size_t size, unsigned int __nocast flags)
> > +{
> > +	return kcalloc(1, size, flags);
> > +}
> > +
> 
> That'll generate just as much code as simply using kcalloc(1, ...).  This
> function should be out-of-line and EXPORT_SYMBOL()ed.  And kcalloc() can
> call it too..

BTW we already have 420 "kcalloc(1, ...)" user and 41 without the 1 
argument, most of them are in sound, which introduced it in first place.
Can we please deprecate that function before it spreads any further?

bye, Roman
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