linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 0/5] allow to call vfree() in atomic context

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Date:   Wed, 12 Apr 2017 15:49:00 +0300
From:   Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@...tuozzo.com>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@...tuozzo.com>,
        <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>, <mhocko@...nel.org>,
        <linux-mm@...ck.org>, <hpa@...or.com>, <chris@...is-wilson.co.uk>,
        <hch@....de>, <mingo@...e.hu>, <jszhang@...vell.com>,
        <joelaf@...gle.com>, <joaodias@...gle.com>, <willy@...radead.org>,
        <tglx@...utronix.de>, <thellstrom@...are.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 0/5] allow to call vfree() in atomic context

Changes since v1:
 - Added small optmization as a separate patch 5/5
 - Collected Acks/Review tags.


Andrey Ryabinin (5):
  mm/vmalloc: allow to call vfree() in atomic context
  x86/ldt: use vfree() instead of vfree_atomic()
  kernel/fork: use vfree() instead of vfree_atomic() to free thread
    stack
  mm/vmalloc: remove vfree_atomic()
  mm/vmalloc: Don't spawn workers if somebody already purging

 arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c   |  2 +-
 include/linux/vmalloc.h |  1 -
 kernel/fork.c           |  2 +-
 mm/vmalloc.c            | 52 +++++++++++--------------------------------------
 4 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-)

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