Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:25:39 +0900 | | From | KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/7] mm: introduce simple_malloc()/simple_free() | |
On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:23:24 +0530
Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> 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.
>
I think gfp_mask must be passed explicitly.
Thanks,
-Kame
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