Re: [PATCH] fbcon: use kvmalloc() for scrollback buffer

2019-02-08 Thread Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
On 12/21/2018 11:58 AM, Konstantin Khorenko wrote: > Hi Bartlomiej, > > On 12/20/2018 07:21 PM, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: >> 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()

Re: [PATCH] fbcon: use kvmalloc() for scrollback buffer

2018-12-21 Thread Konstantin Khorenko
Hi Bartlomiej, On 12/20/2018 07:21 PM, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > 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

Re: [PATCH] fbcon: use kvmalloc() for scrollback buffer

2018-12-20 Thread Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
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

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

2018-11-27 Thread Konstantin Khorenko
Scrollback frame buffer is rather big - 32K, so it requires 3rd order page, so let's use kvmalloc() instead of ordinary kmalloc() for it. Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khorenko --- drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git