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SubjectRe: [PATCH] drm: use kvmalloc_array for drm_malloc*
On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 11:06:06AM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
>
> drm_malloc* has grown their own kmalloc with vmalloc fallback
> implementations. MM has grown kvmalloc* helpers in the meantime. Let's
> use those because it a) reduces the code and b) MM has a better idea
> how to implement fallbacks (e.g. do not vmalloc before kmalloc is tried
> with __GFP_NORETRY).

Better? The same idea. The only difference I was reluctant to hand out
large pages for long lived objects. If that's the wisdom of the core mm,
so be it.
Reviewed-by: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk>
-Chris

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Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre

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