On Mon, Nov 2, 2020 at 4:41 PM Matthew Wilcox wrote:
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> On Mon, Nov 02, 2020 at 04:20:30PM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> > +Chunks allocated with `kmalloc` can be resized with `krealloc`. Similarly
> > +to `kmalloc_array`: a helper for resising arrays is provided in the form of
> > +`kreall
On Mon, Nov 02, 2020 at 04:20:30PM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> +Chunks allocated with `kmalloc` can be resized with `krealloc`. Similarly
> +to `kmalloc_array`: a helper for resising arrays is provided in the form of
> +`krealloc_array`.
Is there any reason you chose to `do_this` instead o
From: Bartosz Golaszewski
When allocating an array of elements, users should check for
multiplication overflow or preferably use one of the provided helpers
like: kmalloc_array().
There's no krealloc_array() counterpart but there are many users who use
regular krealloc() to reallocate arrays. Le
