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| author | Chris Packham <chris.packham@alliedtelesis.co.nz> | 2019-10-24 21:50:14 +0200 |
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| committer | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2019-10-29 11:44:48 +0100 |
| commit | ef8330fe02710046d7b6ce271d821926dd2769e8 (patch) | |
| tree | 91148531c835986e5beff3810cdd0ccd12a4ec22 /Documentation/core-api | |
| parent | Merge tag 'v5.4-rc4' into docs-next (diff) | |
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docs/core-api: memory-allocation: fix typo
"on the safe size" should be "on the safe side".
Signed-off-by: Chris Packham <chris.packham@alliedtelesis.co.nz>
Acked-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/core-api')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst | 2 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst b/Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst index 939e3dfc86e9..dcf851b4520f 100644 --- a/Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst +++ b/Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ Selecting memory allocator ========================== The most straightforward way to allocate memory is to use a function -from the :c:func:`kmalloc` family. And, to be on the safe size it's +from the :c:func:`kmalloc` family. And, to be on the safe side it's best to use routines that set memory to zero, like :c:func:`kzalloc`. If you need to allocate memory for an array, there are :c:func:`kmalloc_array` and :c:func:`kcalloc` helpers. |