linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] mm: introduce kv[mz]alloc helpers

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Message-ID: <20170106133459.GM5556@dhcp22.suse.cz>
Date:   Fri, 6 Jan 2017 14:34:59 +0100
From:   Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
To:     Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        Anatoly Stepanov <astepanov@...udlinux.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...hat.com>,
        "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
        Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
        Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: introduce kv[mz]alloc helpers

On Fri 06-01-17 14:29:33, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> On 01/02/2017 02:37 PM, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > --- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
> > +++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
> > @@ -514,18 +514,9 @@ long vhost_dev_set_owner(struct vhost_dev *dev)
> >  }
> >  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vhost_dev_set_owner);
> >  
> > -static void *vhost_kvzalloc(unsigned long size)
> > -{
> > -	void *n = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_REPEAT);
> 
> Hi, I just noticed that this had __GFP_REPEAT, so you'll probably want
> to move these hunks to patch 3 with the rest of vhost.

Well, spotted. I will do that. Thanks!

-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs
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