From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ms.lwn.net (ms.lwn.net [45.79.88.28]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CC9F430F533; Sun, 19 Apr 2026 11:43:32 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1776599014; cv=none; b=owDEyd9y/F0SocoZm4sZsaEyeuLSSCtfP6R3OwK5FiHj6k3ZHUu3CG1auKyNIIDraNccOb2dpDq8ZtdbDxZ1gJflq8lGNsC9O99IlCKoFZMXsrCBix1Rg2Lw8EDbfps5bqbWXEKj1XsCaIF8HSd5Ixdb+q6Jyx/DiINe3r8RmmE= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1776599014; c=relaxed/simple; bh=IMDxIvzyumDawQtoXNv/Xd38pSmE6XvbynP3ndCwjJQ=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=FzRFqETW9OPHKwKTX+GKH0vKK0mKa5y+lLloPsg2pTJo0RHeLHTCEaYrD+4zSkcwYo2OaQKr0dxYwTbM4AiysIKulq7aPjid2qaboYF2nFlHF9h+qxn0GdPu1RR78VBDxZMzvvrrPse67G7qpXYz1sIeRDkhKkuFrJ58V2Fc4+8= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b=QVa3xvBZ; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b="QVa3xvBZ" DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 ms.lwn.net A7D4B40B0C DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lwn.net; s=20201203; t=1776599012; bh=IMDxIvzyumDawQtoXNv/Xd38pSmE6XvbynP3ndCwjJQ=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=QVa3xvBZScmeUvqxIn2pX6iESz0anZ5QgZnlLPQurU7HQciufu+fjinOgMLN4rxp9 3JGLM3RK1zlnvJejJZ1zlNRn8AlcUleDOifNwK6nN8jQORT8e/jghXZTuB6GjKqlv4 5CUbA5V3SYW1bKY9ArozMT8fAb+mTh0vhQnZZFe7iV+46d2uJE9W9d+l057jiXhSvx 7U8F6fqu0WQFzCJ3//E5Q8RIbt4Crg70sX2jpjVu5xthB+XavZ/5+1lK9XNZd1hi2t pAbLYPoj4E1k6DpE0YrOgOsRteLR5KhwR4UleZ+t2SYqdI+hICdJyUMe98KZiHYZ4A xX21nGWLWd89w== Received: from localhost (mdns.lwn.net [45.79.72.68]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (prime256v1) server-signature ECDSA (prime256v1) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A7D4B40B0C; Sun, 19 Apr 2026 11:43:31 +0000 (UTC) From: Jonathan Corbet To: Manuel Ebner , Shuah Khan , 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 Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: adopt new coding style of type-aware kmalloc-family In-Reply-To: <295490d9bd8b9d519dda5c4551e7dbaf36492a8a.camel@mailbox.org> References: <20260419065824.165921-4-manuelebner@mailbox.org> <87se8rw8df.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> <295490d9bd8b9d519dda5c4551e7dbaf36492a8a.camel@mailbox.org> Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2026 05:43:27 -0600 Message-ID: <87o6jfw4yo.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Manuel Ebner writes: >> So you have not gone with the "implicit GFP_KERNEL" approach that Linus >> added.=C2=A0 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=3Dslab%3A+Introduce+kmalloc_obj%28%29+and+= family+f%3Atorvalds See https://lwn.net/Articles/1062856/ jon