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SubjectRe: [PATCH] fbcon: use kvmalloc() for scrollback buffer
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Hi,

On 11/26/2018 11:02 AM, Konstantin Khorenko wrote:
> Scrollback frame buffer is rather big - 32K,
> so it requires 3rd order page, so let's use kvmalloc() instead of
> ordinary kmalloc() for it.

Is it actually safe to use non-contiguous memory for softback_buf?

> Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khorenko <khorenko@virtuozzo.com>
> ---
> drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c | 6 +++---
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
> index 8958ccc8b1ac..2b1a34d3f5e2 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
> @@ -992,7 +992,7 @@ static const char *fbcon_startup(void)
> if (!softback_buf) {
> softback_buf =
> (unsigned long)
> - kmalloc(fbcon_softback_size,
> + kvmalloc(fbcon_softback_size,
> GFP_KERNEL);
> if (!softback_buf) {
> fbcon_softback_size = 0;
> @@ -1001,7 +1001,7 @@ static const char *fbcon_startup(void)
> }
> } else {
> if (softback_buf) {
> - kfree((void *) softback_buf);
> + kvfree((void *) softback_buf);
> softback_buf = 0;
> softback_top = 0;
> }
> @@ -3665,7 +3665,7 @@ static void fbcon_exit(void)
> }
> #endif
>
> - kfree((void *)softback_buf);
> + kvfree((void *)softback_buf);
> softback_buf = 0UL;
>
> for_each_registered_fb(i) {

Best regards,
--
Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
Samsung R&D Institute Poland
Samsung Electronics

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