Re: [PATCH v6 1/5] slab: Introduce kmalloc_obj() and family

[Dan Carpenter]

On Thu, Feb 19, 2026 at 11:01:04AM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 03, 2025 at 03:30:31PM -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
> > Introduce type-aware kmalloc-family helpers to replace the common
> > idioms for single object and arrays of objects allocation:
> > 
> > 	ptr = kmalloc(sizeof(*ptr), gfp);
> > 	ptr = kmalloc(sizeof(struct some_obj_name), gfp);
> > 	ptr = kzalloc(sizeof(*ptr), gfp);
> > 	ptr = kmalloc_array(count, sizeof(*ptr), gfp);
> > 	ptr = kcalloc(count, sizeof(*ptr), gfp);
> > 
> > These become, respectively:
> > 
> > 	ptr = kmalloc_obj(*ptr, gfp);
> 
> We are already getting patches that covert these to:
> 
> 	ptr = kmalloc_obj(ptr, gfp);
> 
> (without the *).  This feels like the obvious bug people will introduce
> with this API.  I sort of think that "ptr = kmalloc_obj(ptr, gfp);" is
> more natural, so maybe we could make it work that way instead?

Never mind.  It causes a compile error when people leave out the
asterisk.  Thanks for that.

regards,
dan carpenter