Re: [RFC/PATCH 1/3] SLAB: Add PageSlab checking to ksize()

From: Adrian Bunk
Date: Fri May 23 2008 - 10:27:50 EST


On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 07:13:56PM +0300, Pekka Enberg wrote:
>...
> However, I think we should just look at getting rid of ksize()
> altogether as it's only (ab)used by the nommu code and few call-sites
> that open-code krealloc().

As soon as your patch for the netfilter usage enters Linus' tree you can
unexport it which will at least make new abuses from modules impossible.

> Pekka

cu
Adrian

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