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From: Christopher Lameter <cl@linux.com>
To: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@microsoft.com>,
	linux-mm@kvack.org, Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] mm: Add kvmalloc_ab_c and kvzalloc_struct
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 11:06:54 -0600 (CST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1802151104140.2970@nuc-kabylake> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180215162303.GC12360@bombadil.infradead.org>

On Thu, 15 Feb 2018, Matthew Wilcox wrote:

> I dunno.  Yes, there's macro trickery going on here, but it certainly
> resembles a function.  It doesn't fail any of the rules laid out in that
> chapter of coding-style about unacceptable uses of macros.

It sure looks like a function but does magic things with the struct
parameter. So its not working like a function and the capitalization makes
one aware of that.

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From: Christopher Lameter <cl@linux.com>
To: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@microsoft.com>,
	linux-mm@kvack.org, Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] mm: Add kvmalloc_ab_c and kvzalloc_struct
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 11:06:54 -0600 (CST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1802151104140.2970@nuc-kabylake> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180215162303.GC12360@bombadil.infradead.org>

On Thu, 15 Feb 2018, Matthew Wilcox wrote:

> I dunno.  Yes, there's macro trickery going on here, but it certainly
> resembles a function.  It doesn't fail any of the rules laid out in that
> chapter of coding-style about unacceptable uses of macros.

It sure looks like a function but does magic things with the struct
parameter. So its not working like a function and the capitalization makes
one aware of that.



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  reply	other threads:[~2018-02-15 17:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 87+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-02-14 18:26 [PATCH 0/2] Add kvzalloc_struct to complement kvzalloc_array Matthew Wilcox
2018-02-14 18:26 ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-02-14 18:26 ` [PATCH 1/2] mm: Add kernel-doc for kvfree Matthew Wilcox
2018-02-14 18:26   ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-02-14 18:26 ` [PATCH 2/2] mm: Add kvmalloc_ab_c and kvzalloc_struct Matthew Wilcox
2018-02-14 18:26   ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-02-14 19:22   ` Kees Cook
2018-02-14 19:22     ` [Cocci] " Kees Cook
2018-02-14 19:22     ` Kees Cook
2018-02-14 19:27     ` Julia Lawall
2018-02-14 19:27       ` [Cocci] " Julia Lawall
2018-02-14 19:27       ` Julia Lawall
2018-02-14 19:35     ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-02-14 19:35       ` [Cocci] " Matthew Wilcox
2018-02-14 19:35       ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-03-07 21:18     ` Julia Lawall
2018-03-07 21:18       ` [Cocci] " Julia Lawall
2018-03-08  2:58       ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-03-08  2:58         ` [Cocci] " Matthew Wilcox
2018-03-08  6:24         ` Julia Lawall
2018-03-08  6:24           ` [Cocci] " Julia Lawall
2018-03-08 23:05           ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-03-08 23:05             ` [Cocci] " Matthew Wilcox
2018-03-09  5:59             ` Julia Lawall
2018-03-09  5:59               ` [Cocci] " Julia Lawall
2018-03-13 17:19             ` Julia Lawall
2018-03-13 17:19               ` [Cocci] " Julia Lawall
2018-03-13 18:32               ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-03-13 18:32                 ` [Cocci] " Matthew Wilcox
2018-03-13 18:35                 ` Julia Lawall
2018-03-13 18:35                   ` [Cocci] " Julia Lawall
2018-04-29 16:59                 ` Kees Cook
2018-04-29 16:59                   ` [Cocci] " Kees Cook
2018-04-29 20:30                   ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-04-29 20:30                     ` [Cocci] " Matthew Wilcox
2018-04-30 19:02                     ` Kees Cook
2018-04-30 19:02                       ` [Cocci] " Kees Cook
2018-04-30 20:16                       ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-04-30 20:16                         ` [Cocci] " Matthew Wilcox
2018-04-30 21:29                         ` Rasmus Villemoes
2018-04-30 21:29                           ` [Cocci] " Rasmus Villemoes
2018-04-30 22:41                           ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-04-30 22:41                             ` [Cocci] " Matthew Wilcox
2018-05-01 17:00                           ` Kees Cook
2018-05-01 17:00                             ` [Cocci] " Kees Cook
2018-05-01 17:41                             ` Julia Lawall
2018-05-01 17:41                               ` [Cocci] " Julia Lawall
2018-05-03 23:00                             ` Rasmus Villemoes
2018-05-03 23:00                               ` [Cocci] " Rasmus Villemoes
2018-05-04  0:36                               ` Kees Cook
2018-05-04  0:36                                 ` [Cocci] " Kees Cook
2018-05-04  0:40                                 ` Kees Cook
2018-05-04  0:40                                   ` [Cocci] " Kees Cook
2018-04-30 22:29                         ` Kees Cook
2018-04-30 22:29                           ` [Cocci] " Kees Cook
2018-02-14 19:55   ` Christopher Lameter
2018-02-14 19:55     ` Christopher Lameter
2018-02-14 20:14     ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-02-14 20:14       ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-02-15 15:55       ` Christopher Lameter
2018-02-15 15:55         ` Christopher Lameter
2018-02-15 16:23         ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-02-15 16:23           ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-02-15 17:06           ` Christopher Lameter [this message]
2018-02-15 17:06             ` Christopher Lameter
2018-02-22  1:28             ` Kees Cook
2018-02-22  1:28               ` Kees Cook
2018-05-04  7:42   ` Linus Torvalds
2018-05-04 13:14     ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-05-04 15:35       ` Linus Torvalds
2018-05-04 16:03         ` Kees Cook
2018-02-14 18:47 ` [PATCH 0/2] Add kvzalloc_struct to complement kvzalloc_array Joe Perches
2018-02-14 18:47   ` Joe Perches
2018-02-14 19:23   ` Kees Cook
2018-02-14 19:23     ` Kees Cook
2018-02-14 19:32     ` Joe Perches
2018-02-14 19:32       ` Joe Perches
2018-02-14 19:36       ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-02-14 19:36         ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-02-14 19:43         ` Joe Perches
2018-02-14 19:43           ` Joe Perches
2018-02-14 19:43           ` Joe Perches
2018-02-14 19:56           ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-02-14 19:56             ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-02-14 20:06             ` Joe Perches
2018-02-14 20:06               ` Joe Perches
2018-02-14 20:06               ` Joe Perches

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