Re: [PATCH]use kzalloc in vfs where appropriate

From: Oliver Neukum
Date: Mon Mar 20 2006 - 07:50:56 EST



> > Rewriting the test as:
> > n!=0 && n > INT_MAX / size
> > saves the division because size is much likelier to be a constant, and indeed
> > the code is better:
> >
> > cmpq $268435455, %rax
> > movq $0, 40(%rsp)
> > ja .L313
> >
> > Is there anything I am missing?
>
> Did you check allyesconfig vmlinux size before and after? If it helps,
> like it probably does, post a patch!

Hi Pekka,

it saves 18K of 232M. I am making a patch.

Regards
Oliver
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