From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758330AbYEWO1u (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 May 2008 10:27:50 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755745AbYEWO0I (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 May 2008 10:26:08 -0400 Received: from smtp5.pp.htv.fi ([213.243.153.39]:60491 "EHLO smtp5.pp.htv.fi" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755798AbYEWO0G (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 May 2008 10:26:06 -0400 Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 17:23:41 +0300 From: Adrian Bunk To: Pekka Enberg Cc: Matt Mackall , Paul Mundt , Christoph Lameter , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dhowells@redhat.com Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH 1/3] SLAB: Add PageSlab checking to ksize() Message-ID: <20080523142341.GA28257@cs181133002.pp.htv.fi> References: <20080521234555.GB32707@linux-sh.org> <4834F2E2.3070806@cs.helsinki.fi> <4834F4DC.3040009@cs.helsinki.fi> <20080522043410.GA4050@linux-sh.org> <4834F9D6.7080706@cs.helsinki.fi> <1211468502.18026.350.camel@calx> <84144f020805220913g344baedaqb0996adecdadae99@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <84144f020805220913g344baedaqb0996adecdadae99@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17+20080114 (2008-01-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 07:13:56PM +0300, Pekka Enberg wrote: >... > However, I think we should just look at getting rid of ksize() > altogether as it's only (ab)used by the nommu code and few call-sites > that open-code krealloc(). As soon as your patch for the netfilter usage enters Linus' tree you can unexport it which will at least make new abuses from modules impossible. > Pekka cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed