Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:14:00 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 4/8] Use vmalloc for large cgroups pidlist allocations |
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On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:58:27 -0700 Paul Menage <menage@google.com> wrote:
> From: Ben Blum <bblum@google.com> > > > Use vmalloc for large cgroups pidlist allocations > > Separates all pidlist allocation requests to a separate function that judges > based on the requested size whether or not the array needs to be vmalloced or > can be gotten via kmalloc, and similar for kfree/vfree. >
Hang on. Isn't this why Dave just wrote and I just rush-merged lib/flex_array.c?
Was that code evaluated for this application and judged unsuitable? If so, for what reason?
If not, can someone please do this?
Ta.
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