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On Sun, 2003-04-13 at 15:12, Ingo Oeser wrote:
> Hi Andrew,
> hi lists readers,
>=20
> On Sat, Apr 12, 2003 at 06:08:52PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > +gfp_repeat.patch
> >=20
> > Implement __GFP_REPEAT: so we can consolidate lots of alloc-with-retry=
code.
>=20
> What about reworking the semantics of kmalloc()?
>=20
> Many users of kmalloc get the flags and size reversed (major
> source of hard to find bugs), so wouldn't it be simpler to have:
that in itself is easy to find btw; just give every GFP_* an extra
__GFP_REQUIRED bit and then check inside kmalloc for that bit (MSB?) to
be set.....
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