On Fri, 22 Jun 2007, Cedric Le Goater wrote: > the macro sets the align parameter to "__alignof__(struct)" by default. > is that something we want to do all the time ? if so, why not change > kmem_cache_create() directly ?
Its a safety net. If there is some reason that the structure needs a larger alignment than ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN then that alignment will be applied. > Most of the complexity is in flags. I did a grep and picked what i thought > was the most aggressive. The macro would probably be more useful if we could > identify by it's name in which context it can be used. What context are you thinking about and how would it influence the macro? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
