On Thu, 2007-08-02 at 16:04 +0400, Alexey Dobriyan wrote: > On 8/2/07, Miklos Szeredi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The linux kernel doesn't have a type safe object allocator a-la new() > > in C++ or g_new() in glib. > > > > Introduce two helpers for this purpose: > > > > alloc_struct(type, gfp_flags); > > > > zalloc_struct(type, gfp_flags); > > ick. > > > These macros take a type name (usually a 'struct foo') as first > > argument > > So one has to type struct twice.
thrice in some cases like alloc_struct(struct task_struct, GFP_KERNEL) I've always found this _struct postfix a little daft, perhaps its time to let the janitors clean that out? - 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/
