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SubjectRe: [PATCH -mm] relayfs: support larger relay buffer take 2
Hi Masami,

On Wed, 16 Apr 2008, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> +static struct page *relay_alloc_page_array(unsigned int n_pages)
> +{
> + struct page *array;
> + unsigned int pa_size = n_pages * sizeof(struct page *);
> +
> + if (pa_size > PAGE_SIZE) {
> + array = vmalloc(pa_size);
> + if (array)
> + memset(array, 0, pa_size);
> + } else {
> + array = kcalloc(n_pages, sizeof(struct page *), GFP_KERNEL);
> + }
> + return array;
> +}

I think it's bit confusing to have relay_alloc_page_array() return a
pointer to struct page as it's really allocating an _array_ of pointers to
struct page. So why not just use void * here as the kernel memory
allocators do?

> +static void relay_free_page_array(struct page *array)
> +{
> + if (is_vmalloc_addr(array))
> + vfree(array);
> + else
> + kfree(array);
> +}

Here as well.


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