Re: [RFC][PATCH] kmalloc + memset(foo, 0, bar) = kmalloc0

[J.A. Magallon]

On 09.11, Jamie Lokier wrote:
> viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > Bad choice of name - too easy to confuse with kmalloc().
> 
> kmalloc_and_zero() would be much clearer.
> 

Why not kcalloc() ?

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