Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] Documentation: adopt new coding style of type-aware kmalloc-family

SeongJae Park
2026-04-30T01:00:21Z

On Wed, 29 Apr 2026 17:53:36 -0700 SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org> wrote:

> On Wed, 29 Apr 2026 09:14:44 +0200 Manuel Ebner <manuelebner@mailbox.org> wrote:
>
> > Update the documentation to reflect new type-aware kmalloc-family as
> > suggested in commit 2932ba8d9c99 ("slab: Introduce kmalloc_obj()
> > and family")
> >
> > ptr = kmalloc(sizeof(*ptr), gfp);
> > -> ptr = kmalloc_obj(*ptr);
> > ptr = kmalloc(sizeof(struct some_obj_name), gfp);
> > -> ptr = kmalloc_obj(*ptr);
> > ptr = kzalloc(sizeof(*ptr), gfp);
> > -> ptr = kzalloc_obj(*ptr);
> > ptr = kmalloc_array(count, sizeof(*ptr), gfp);
> > -> ptr = kmalloc_objs(*ptr, count);
> > ptr = kcalloc(count, sizeof(*ptr), gfp);
> > -> ptr = kzalloc_objs(*ptr, count);

Forgot asking this, sorry. Shouldn't 'gfp' parameters be kept?

> >
> > Signed-off-by: Manuel Ebner <manuelebner@mailbox.org>
>
> Acked-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>

My Acked-by: is still valid regardless of your answer to my trivial question.

Thanks,
SJ …