On Fri, 2006-01-06 at 14:15 +0200, Timo Hirvonen wrote:
> On Fri, 6 Jan 2006 13:51:41 +0200
> Pekka Enberg <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > On 1/5/06, Timo Hirvonen <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > All kstrdup() callers use GFP_KERNEL flag so this parameter seems to be
> > > useless.
> >
> > Please don't. You're making the API inconsistent and forcing everyone
> > to use GFP_KERNEL for little or no benefit.
>
> I don't see why any other GFP_* flag could be useful for strings.
I think you missed the point a bit..
the GFP_ flags aren't so much about what you allocate it, but in what
circumstances you are allocating (eg inside a lock/irq or not etc)
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