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SubjectRe: [PATCH] slab: introduce kmem_cache_zalloc allocator
> > Ok, please keep the interface - build kmem_cache_zalloc() on top of
> > what I suggest.
>
> The benefit of using *zalloc is the ability to skip the memset by using
> pre-zeroed memory or to use more efficient ways of zeroing a page.
> Having to check the value of a parameter wouldn't help.

Hmm... the current patch directly does a memset(). Are you talking about
possible optimizations to kmem_cache_zalloc()?

Balbir
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