> > > > +/** > > + * k_new - allocate given type object > > + * @type: the type of the object to allocate > > + * @flags: the type of memory to allocate. > > + */ > > +#define k_new(type, flags) ((type *) kmalloc(sizeof(type), flags)) > > What others already said, plus: > > kmalloc()'ing sizeof(struct foo) is not always what we want in C either. > > Several kernel structs have zero-length / variable-length array members > and space must be allocated for them only at alloc() time ... would be > impossible to make them work with this scheme.
Exactly. We can, and should use kmalloc() for that. Miklos - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
