On Monday 24 April 2006 23:50, you wrote:
> Oh, and yeah, a = b + c *is* more readable than
> 
> a = malloc(strlen(b) + strlen(c));
> strcpy(a,b);
> strcat(a,c);
> 
> and contains fewer bugs ;)

and a hidden memory allocation.
Which GFP flag would you use for the allocation?
(And how would you actually _pass_ it)
GFP_KERNEL? Good luck, if you see a
a = b + c;
in atomic context.
GFP_ATOMIC? Well, we both don't want that.
Checking is_atomic() and deciding upon that?
I call that overhead... .

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Greetings Michael.