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

[Roman Zippel]

Hi,

On Fri, 5 Aug 2005, Arjan van de Ven wrote:

> kcalloc does have value, in that it's a nice api to avoid multiplication
> overflows. Just for "1" it's indeed not the most useful API. 

This would imply a similiar kmalloc() would be useful as well.
Second, how relevant is it for the kernel? Is that really the best place 
to check for rogue user parameters?

bye, Roman
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