From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
To: Manuel Ebner <manuelebner@mailbox.org>,
Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>,
linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Cc: lrcu@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
workflows@vger.kernel.org, linux-sound@vger.kernel.org,
rcu@vger.kernel.org, linux-media@vger.kernel.org,
Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: adopt new coding style of type-aware kmalloc-family
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2026 05:43:27 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87o6jfw4yo.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <295490d9bd8b9d519dda5c4551e7dbaf36492a8a.camel@mailbox.org>
Manuel Ebner <manuelebner@mailbox.org> writes:
>> So you have not gone with the "implicit GFP_KERNEL" approach that Linus
>> added. Given that, I assume, he wanted that to be the normal style, we
>> should probably go with it.
>
> I scanned those 8 replies by Linus, but i can't figure out what you mean with
> implicit GFP_Kernel approach, can you give me a hint?
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/?q=slab%3A+Introduce+kmalloc_obj%28%29+and+family+f%3Atorvalds
See https://lwn.net/Articles/1062856/
jon
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-19 11:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-19 6:58 [PATCH] Documentation: adopt new coding style of type-aware kmalloc-family Manuel Ebner
2026-04-19 10:29 ` Jonathan Corbet
2026-04-19 11:33 ` Manuel Ebner
2026-04-19 11:43 ` Jonathan Corbet [this message]
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