linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ib_srpt: use kvmalloc to allocate ring pointers

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Date:   Mon, 9 Jul 2018 20:56:47 +0000
From:   Bart Van Assche <Bart.VanAssche@....com>
To:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "jgg@...pe.ca" <jgg@...pe.ca>,
        "linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org" <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
        "jan.dakinevich@...tuozzo.com" <jan.dakinevich@...tuozzo.com>,
        "dledford@...hat.com" <dledford@...hat.com>
CC:     "khorenko@...tuozzo.com" <khorenko@...tuozzo.com>,
        "den@...tuozzo.com" <den@...tuozzo.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ib_srpt: use kvmalloc to allocate ring pointers

On Mon, 2018-07-09 at 16:51 +0300, Jan Dakinevich wrote:
> An array of pointers to SRPT contexts in ib_device is over 30KiB even
> in default case, in which an amount of contexts is 4095. The patch
> is intended to weed out large contigous allocation for non-DMA memory.

Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@....com>