Re: SLUB: Return ZERO_SIZE_PTR for kmalloc(0)

From: Rene Herman
Date: Wed Jun 06 2007 - 18:02:17 EST


On 06/06/2007 11:26 PM, Pavel Machek wrote:

Yes, it's internal but given that this is open-source which, optimistically, is read many more times than it's written one should still strive for code that reads nice as far as I'm concerned. It's obviously also not hugely important but it's just that ZERO_SIZE_PTR makes my neck hair stand up.

PTR_TO_NOTHING? PTR_TO_0BYTES?
PTR_TO_0SIZE?
PTR_TO_ZERO_SIZE?
NOT_QUITE_NULL? :-)

Particularly like that one. Wouldn't object to that at all. Hey, they tell us it's just some inconsequential internal thingy anyway... :-)

FULL?

Almost as nice. DULL? BULL?

NOTHING?
EMPTY? <-- nice one as far as I'm concerned.

Rene.
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