Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] Fast noirq bulk page allocator v2r7

From: Andy Lutomirski
Date: Sat Jan 28 2017 - 23:00:52 EST


On 01/09/2017 08:35 AM, Mel Gorman wrote:
The
fourth patch introduces a bulk page allocator with no in-kernel users as
an example for Jesper and others who want to build a page allocator for
DMA-coherent pages.

If you want an in-kernel user as a test, to validate the API's sanity, and to improve performance, how about __vmalloc_area_node()? :)

--Andy