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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] devres: Provide kmalloc_obj*-style API for
 devm_kmalloc
To: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
 "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>,
 "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@kernel.org>, driver-core@lists.linux.dev,
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References: <20260914223212.i.829-kees@kernel.org>
 <20260914223219.901347-2-kees@kernel.org>
From: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
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On 15.09.26 00:32, Kees Cook wrote:
> Mirroring the type-based allocation now in use for the kmalloc family of
> APIs, provide the same for the devm_kmalloc family of APIs. This will
> allow for future plumbing of type information (e.g. alignment) into the
> underlying allocations. This immediately gains type check on return
> values (instead of the prior "void *" return type).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>