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diff --git a/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst b/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst index 35b381230f6e..a8336582f60b 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst @@ -936,7 +936,7 @@ used. --------------------- The kernel provides the following general purpose memory allocators: -kmalloc(), kzalloc(), kmalloc_array(), kcalloc(), vmalloc(), and +kmalloc(), kzalloc(), kmalloc_objs(), kzalloc_objs(), vmalloc(), and vzalloc(). Please refer to the API documentation for further information about them. :ref:`Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst <memory_allocation>` @@ -945,7 +945,7 @@ The preferred form for passing a size of a struct is the following: .. code-block:: c - p = kmalloc(sizeof(*p), ...); + p = kmalloc_obj(*p, ...); The alternative form where struct name is spelled out hurts readability and introduces an opportunity for a bug when the pointer variable type is changed @@ -959,13 +959,13 @@ The preferred form for allocating an array is the following: .. code-block:: c - p = kmalloc_array(n, sizeof(...), ...); + p = kmalloc_objs(*p, n, ...); The preferred form for allocating a zeroed array is the following: .. code-block:: c - p = kcalloc(n, sizeof(...), ...); + p = kzalloc_objs(*p, n, ...); Both forms check for overflow on the allocation size n * sizeof(...), and return NULL if that occurred. |