Re: [patch 3/4] cpu alloc: The allocator

From: KOSAKI Motohiro
Date: Fri Sep 19 2008 - 11:24:40 EST


> +/*
> + * Allocate an object of a certain size
> + *
> + * Returns a special pointer that can be used with CPU_PTR to find the
> + * address of the object for a certain cpu.
> + */
> +void *cpu_alloc(unsigned long size, gfp_t gfpflags, unsigned long align)

cpu_alloc is good name?
I think some person suspect cpu-hotplug related function.

per_cpu_alloc() or cpu_mem_alloc() are wrong?
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