Re: [PATCH] reiserfs: remove kmalloc wrapper

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Fri Jan 13 2006 - 02:47:44 EST


Pekka J Enberg <penberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Andrew,
>
> Pekka J Enberg <penberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > This patch removes kmalloc() wrapper from fs/reiserfs/. Please note that
> > > a reiserfs /proc entry format is changed because kmalloc statistics is
> > > removed.
>
> On Thu, 12 Jan 2006, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > I wonder if it'd be safer to just spit out a zero where that number used to
> > be?
>
> Yup but then again it has no business being there in the first place.
> Please let me know if you like printing out zero instead and I'll whack up
> a patch.
>

That's up to the reiserfs guys (please).

It would have helped had you described the exact /proc pathname so people
could remember whether there's anything which actually uses it.
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