Re: [PATCH] netfilter: use krealloc() in nf_conntrack_extend.c V2

From: Patrick McHardy
Date: Thu May 22 2008 - 15:11:49 EST


Pekka Enberg wrote:
Patrick McHardy wrote:
Unfortunately this means we'll always have to reallocate, even
if there's still some room left from the previous allocation.
Any chance to avoid that?

No, no, krealloc() avoids reallocation if there's enough room in the buffer to fit newlen.

Great, thanks for the explanation. Is this patch targeted
at 2.6.26 or 2.6.27?

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