Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/4] slab: Allow for type introspection during allocation

Kees Cook
2024-07-09T20:28:48Z

On Tue, Jul 09, 2024 at 10:26:32AM -0700, Christoph Lameter (Ampere) wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Jul 2024, Kees Cook wrote:
>
> >
> > obj = kmalloc(obj, gfp);
>
> Could we avoid repeating "obj" in this pattern?
>
> F.e.
>
> KMALLOC(obj, gfp);

This appears to be the common feedback, which is good! :) And we can
still have it return "obj" as well, so it could still be used in
"return" statements, etc. I will work up a new RFC...

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Kees Cook