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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/slab.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/slab.h | 17 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h index 573c809c33d..a595dce6b0c 100644 --- a/include/linux/slab.h +++ b/include/linux/slab.h @@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ size_t ksize(const void *); #endif /** - * kcalloc - allocate memory for an array. The memory is set to zero. + * kmalloc_array - allocate memory for an array. * @n: number of elements. * @size: element size. * @flags: the type of memory to allocate. @@ -240,11 +240,22 @@ size_t ksize(const void *); * for general use, and so are not documented here. For a full list of * potential flags, always refer to linux/gfp.h. */ -static inline void *kcalloc(size_t n, size_t size, gfp_t flags) +static inline void *kmalloc_array(size_t n, size_t size, gfp_t flags) { if (size != 0 && n > ULONG_MAX / size) return NULL; - return __kmalloc(n * size, flags | __GFP_ZERO); + return __kmalloc(n * size, flags); +} + +/** + * kcalloc - allocate memory for an array. The memory is set to zero. + * @n: number of elements. + * @size: element size. + * @flags: the type of memory to allocate (see kmalloc). + */ +static inline void *kcalloc(size_t n, size_t size, gfp_t flags) +{ + return kmalloc_array(n, size, flags | __GFP_ZERO); } #if !defined(CONFIG_NUMA) && !defined(CONFIG_SLOB) |