Re: [PATCH 1/2] slob: introduce mm/util.c for shared functions

On 11/4/05, Matt Mackall <[email protected]> wrote:
> Well, yes. But I decided not to do that now because I ended up wanting
> to create mm/util.c anyway for kzalloc. I suspect we'll see other
> helper functions like kzalloc and kstrdup down the road.

I prefer this as well. kstrdup() is _not_ a string operation but a
special purpose memory allocator just like kzalloc() and kcalloc().

                               Pekka
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