On Fri, 2005-08-05 at 12:07 +0200, Roman Zippel wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, 5 Aug 2005, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > > > kcalloc does have value, in that it's a nice api to avoid multiplication > > overflows. Just for "1" it's indeed not the most useful API. > > This would imply a similiar kmalloc() would be useful as well. > Second, how relevant is it for the kernel?
we've had a non-negliable amount of security holes because of this > Is that really the best place > to check for rogue user parameters? it makes it easy and safe. Of course you can and should check it in all users. Just that using a safer API is generally better than forcing everyone to do it themselves. - 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/
