linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] scsi: storvsc: Avoid allocating memory for temp cpumasks

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Date:   Thu, 17 May 2018 16:39:23 -0700
From:   Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:     Michael Kelley <mhkelley58@...il.com>
Cc:     mikelley@...rosoft.com, kys@...rosoft.com, sthemmin@...rosoft.com,
        martin.petersen@...cle.com, longli@...rosoft.com,
        jejb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, devel@...uxdriverproject.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] scsi: storvsc: Avoid allocating memory for temp
 cpumasks

On Thu, 17 May 2018 14:07:40 -0700
Michael Kelley <mhkelley58@...il.com> wrote:

> Current code allocates 240 Kbytes (in typical configs) for
> each synthetic SCSI controller to use as temp cpumask variables.
> Recode to avoid needing the temp cpumask variables and remove the
> memory allocation.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael Kelley <mikelley@...rosoft.com>

Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>