Re: SLUB: Return ZERO_SIZE_PTR for kmalloc(0)

[Pekka Enberg]

On 6/4/07, Christoph Lameter <clameter@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> We are doing that right now. The problem is that people keep storing stuff
> in memory allocated with kmalloc(0).

Ok, makes sense. I guess I might as well throw my suggestion in the
mix. Lets create a new kmalloc cache for zero-length objects where
object size is zero but there are regular red-zones on both sides.
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