linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -mm] relayfs: support larger relay buffer take 3

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Message-ID: <48065960.2000207@cs.helsinki.fi>
Date:	Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:54:08 +0300
From:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
To:	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...hat.com>
CC:	Tom Zanussi <zanussi@...cast.net>,
	David Wilder <dwilder@...ibm.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	systemtap-ml <systemtap@...rces.redhat.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, tzanussi@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm] relayfs: support larger relay buffer take 3

Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> Use vmalloc() and memset() instead of kcalloc() to allocate a page* array
> when the array size is bigger than one page. This enables relayfs to support
> bigger relay buffers than 64MB on 4k-page system, 512MB on 16k-page system.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...hat.com>

Looks good to me!

Reviewed-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
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