Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:23:24 +0530 | From | Balbir Singh <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/7] mm: introduce simple_malloc()/simple_free() |
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Lai Jiangshan wrote: > Arjan van de Ven wrote: >> On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:39:55 +1000 >> >> I would go further than this. >> >> Make the code just use vmalloc(). Period. >> >> But then make vmalloc() smart and try do a direct mapping allocation >> first, before falling back to a virtual mapping. (and based on size it >> wouldn't even try it for just big things) >> >> >> > > Hi, Arjan van de Ven > > (I'll rename simple_malloc/simple_free to kvmalloc/kvfree) >
I would prefer to find a way to say that one cannot select gfp_mask with this API.
-- Balbir
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