linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] drm: replace drm_[cm]alloc* by kvmalloc alternatives

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Date:   Wed, 17 May 2017 08:38:09 +0100
From:   Chris Wilson <chris@...is-wilson.co.uk>
To:     Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
Cc:     dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...el.com>,
        Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>,
        Sean Paul <seanpaul@...omium.org>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>, Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] drm: replace drm_[cm]alloc* by kvmalloc alternatives

On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 08:55:08AM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
> 
> drm_[cm]alloc* has grown their own kvmalloc with vmalloc fallback
> implementations. MM has grown kvmalloc* helpers in the meantime. Let's
> use those because it a) reduces the code and b) MM has a better idea
> how to implement fallbacks (e.g. do not vmalloc before kmalloc is tried
> with __GFP_NORETRY).
> 
> drm_calloc_large needs to get __GFP_ZERO explicitly but it is the same
> thing as kvmalloc_array in principle.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>

Just a little surprised that calloc_large users still exist.

Reviewed-by: Chris Wilson <chris@...is-wilson.co.uk>

One more feature request from mm, can we have the 
	if (size != 0 && n > SIZE_MAX / size)
check exported by itself. It is used by both kvmalloc_array and
kmalloc_array, and in my ioctls I have it open-coded as well to
differentiate between the -EINVAL (for bogus user values) and 
genuine -ENOMEM.
-Chris

-- 
Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre