Add the new kmalloc_array() to the list of general-purpose memory
allocators in chapter 14.
Signed-off-by: Xi Wang <xi.wang@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@chaosbits.net>
Acked-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Chapter 14: Allocating memory
The kernel provides the following general purpose memory allocators:
Chapter 14: Allocating memory
The kernel provides the following general purpose memory allocators:
-kmalloc(), kzalloc(), kcalloc(), vmalloc(), and vzalloc(). Please refer to
-the API documentation for further information about them.
+kmalloc(), kzalloc(), kmalloc_array(), kcalloc(), vmalloc(), and
+vzalloc(). Please refer to the API documentation for further information
+about them.
The preferred form for passing a size of a struct is the following:
The preferred form for passing a size of a struct is the following:
from void pointer to any other pointer type is guaranteed by the C programming
language.
from void pointer to any other pointer type is guaranteed by the C programming
language.
+The preferred form for allocating an array is the following:
+
+ p = kmalloc_array(n, sizeof(...), ...);
+
+The preferred form for allocating a zeroed array is the following:
+
+ p = kcalloc(n, sizeof(...), ...);
+
+Both forms check for overflow on the allocation size n * sizeof(...),
+and return NULL if that occurred.
+
Chapter 15: The inline disease
Chapter 15: The inline disease