Re: [PATCH 1/7] mm: introduce simple_malloc()/simple_free()

[KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki]

On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:23:24 +0530
Balbir Singh <balbir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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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