Re: [PATCH] kernel: use kcalloc instead kmalloc/memset

>What prevents a rogue user to call this function a number of times to 
>waste resources?

Sorry to jump in, but wasting resources is a different matter than 
overwriting kernel memory.



Jan Engelhardt
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