On Fri, 22 Jun 2007, Cedric Le Goater wrote:
> the macro sets the align parameter to "__alignof__(struct)" by default.
> is that something we want to do all the time ? if so, why not change
> kmem_cache_create() directly ?
Its a safety net. If there is some reason that the structure needs a
larger alignment than ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN then that alignment will be
applied.
> Most of the complexity is in flags. I did a grep and picked what i thought
> was the most aggressive. The macro would probably be more useful if we could
> identify by it's name in which context it can be used.
What context are you thinking about and how would it influence
the macro?
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