From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
To: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] slab: Introduce kmalloc_obj() and family
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2025 09:06:32 -1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAHk-=wiT6wRKPYpqhx9wxri43cMoH-eDR-sQjP59wDXrZhrsWQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <202503151141.786736B85B@keescook>
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On Sat, Mar 15, 2025, 08:56 Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> What about making the redundant information the type/var itself instead
> of just the size info of the existing API? For example:
>
> ptr = kmalloc_obj(ptr, GFP_KERNEL);
>
Yes, using "sizeof" and "typeof" on that first argument (for the malloc and
then the final cast, respectively) sounds like a fine interface, and it's
still obviously visually an assignment.
I think we already have some interfaces like this, I have no objections to
that pattern.
Linus
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-03-15 19:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-03-15 3:15 [PATCH v4 0/2] " Kees Cook
2025-03-15 3:15 ` [PATCH v4 1/2] compiler_types: Introduce __flex_counter() " Kees Cook
2025-03-15 4:53 ` Randy Dunlap
2025-03-15 18:34 ` Kees Cook
2025-03-15 19:47 ` Miguel Ojeda
2025-03-15 21:06 ` Kees Cook
2025-03-17 9:26 ` Przemek Kitszel
2025-03-17 9:43 ` Przemek Kitszel
2025-03-17 16:22 ` Kees Cook
2025-03-15 3:15 ` [PATCH v4 2/2] slab: Introduce kmalloc_obj() " Kees Cook
2025-03-15 5:18 ` Gustavo A. R. Silva
2025-03-15 18:02 ` Randy Dunlap
2025-03-15 18:39 ` Kees Cook
2025-03-15 18:31 ` Linus Torvalds
2025-03-15 18:56 ` Kees Cook
2025-03-15 19:06 ` Linus Torvalds [this message]
2025-10-07 2:07 ` Matthew Wilcox
2025-10-07 17:17 ` Kees Cook
2025-10-07 17:47 ` Christoph Lameter (Ampere)
2025-10-07 18:18 ` Marco Elver
2025-10-08 4:20 ` Kees Cook
2025-10-08 7:49 ` Vegard Nossum
2025-10-09 12:07 ` Marco Elver
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