On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 20:35 -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote: [...]
> > Multiple string objects can share the same data, by increasing the nrefs > > count, a new data is allocated if the string is modified and nrefs > 1. > > If we were trying to get rid of char * throughout the kernel, that might > make some sense; stringbufs have a more limited target though. > [...] No contest, my suggestions only make sense for a general uses string library. I suspect most in-kernel string manipulations are limited to prepare buffers to be copied to (and read from) user-space. - Eric - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/