On Thu 08-12-16 14:00:20, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> Am 08.12.2016 um 11:33 schrieb Michal Hocko:
> > From: Michal Hocko
> >
> > Using kmalloc with the vmalloc fallback for larger allocations is a
> > common pattern in the kernel code. Yet we do not have any common helper
> > for that and so user
Am 08.12.2016 um 11:33 schrieb Michal Hocko:
> From: Michal Hocko
>
> Using kmalloc with the vmalloc fallback for larger allocations is a
> common pattern in the kernel code. Yet we do not have any common helper
> for that and so users have invented their own helpers. Some of them are
> really cre
From: Michal Hocko
Using kmalloc with the vmalloc fallback for larger allocations is a
common pattern in the kernel code. Yet we do not have any common helper
for that and so users have invented their own helpers. Some of them are
really creative when doing so. Let's just add kv[mz]alloc and make
On Thu, Dec 08, 2016 at 11:33:00AM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote:
> From: Michal Hocko
>
> Using kmalloc with the vmalloc fallback for larger allocations is a
> common pattern in the kernel code. Yet we do not have any common helper
> for that and so users have invented their own helpers. Some of the
