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From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@web.de>
To: Yan Zhen <yanzhen@vivo.com>,
	linux-mm@kvack.org, opensource.kernel@vivo.com,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>,
	Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>,
	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@gmail.com>,
	Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@linux.dev>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: slab: use kmem_cache_free() to free
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2024 17:54:33 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <384bc620-b7fd-4594-bf24-b1b7b26a59df@web.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240822022704.1195439-1-yanzhen@vivo.com>

> The kmem_cache_alloc() is typically used to free memory allocated through
> the kernel memory cache (slab allocator).

I find this wording confusing.


> Using kmem_cache_free() for deallocation may be more reasonable.

Will “imperative mood” become more desirable here?
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?h=v6.11-rc5#n94

Regards,
Markus

      parent reply	other threads:[~2024-08-27 15:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-08-22  2:27 [PATCH v1] mm:slab:use " Yan Zhen
2024-08-22 16:59 ` Christoph Lameter (Ampere)
2024-08-27 14:49   ` Vlastimil Babka
2024-08-27 14:57     ` Vlastimil Babka
2024-08-27 15:54 ` Markus Elfring [this message]

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