Re: [PATCH] Implement kasprintf

[H. Peter Anvin]

Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Jun 2006 23:04:44 -0400
> Kyle McMartin <kyle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Jun 20, 2006 at 04:57:16PM -0700, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> > > +char *kasprintf(gfp_t gfp, const char *fmt, ...)
> > > +{
> > Why not just asprintf? We don't have ksprintf... 
> asprintf() doesn't take a gfp_t arg.

Or, more generally: if we change the API, change the name.  kmalloc() is 
different from malloc() as it is invoked differently, as is kasprintf().

printk() was arguably a mistake, although it's semi-justified a posteori 
since it takes the priority pseudo-argument now.

	-hpa
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