Re: [PATCH 0/2] rcu: Transform kfree_rcu() into kvfree_rcu()

[Christopher Lameter]

On Wed, 7 Feb 2018, Steven Rostedt wrote:

> But a generic "malloc" or "free" that does things differently depending
> on the size is a different story.

They would not be used for cases with special requirements but for the
throwaway allows where noone cares about these details. Its just a
convenience for the developers that do not need to be bothered with too
much detail because they are not dealing with codepaths that have special
requirements.