Re: [PATCH] include/linux/slab.h: new KFREE() macro.

[Pekka Enberg]

On 1/8/07, Hua Zhong <hzhong@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > And as I explained, it can result in longer code too. So, why
> > keep this value around. Why not re-initialize it to NULL.
>
> Because initialization increases code size.

And it also effectively blocks the slab debugging code from doing its
job detecting double-frees.
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