linux-kernel - [PATCH] fbcon: use kvmalloc() for scrollback buffer

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Date:   Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:02:53 +0300
From:   Konstantin Khorenko <khorenko@...tuozzo.com>
To:     Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>
Cc:     Konstantin Khorenko <khorenko@...tuozzo.com>,
        linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org
Subject: [PATCH] fbcon: use kvmalloc() for scrollback buffer

Scrollback frame buffer is rather big - 32K,
so it requires 3rd order page, so let's use kvmalloc() instead of
ordinary kmalloc() for it.

Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khorenko <khorenko@...tuozzo.com>
---
 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
index 8958ccc8b1ac..2b1a34d3f5e2 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
@@ -992,7 +992,7 @@ static const char *fbcon_startup(void)
 			if (!softback_buf) {
 				softback_buf =
 				    (unsigned long)
-				    kmalloc(fbcon_softback_size,
+				    kvmalloc(fbcon_softback_size,
 					    GFP_KERNEL);
 				if (!softback_buf) {
 					fbcon_softback_size = 0;
@@ -1001,7 +1001,7 @@ static const char *fbcon_startup(void)
 			}
 		} else {
 			if (softback_buf) {
-				kfree((void *) softback_buf);
+				kvfree((void *) softback_buf);
 				softback_buf = 0;
 				softback_top = 0;
 			}
@@ -3665,7 +3665,7 @@ static void fbcon_exit(void)
 	}
 #endif
 
-	kfree((void *)softback_buf);
+	kvfree((void *)softback_buf);
 	softback_buf = 0UL;
 
 	for_each_registered_fb(i) {
-- 
2.15.1