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

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Message-ID: <1481666853.29291.33.camel@perches.com>
Date:   Tue, 13 Dec 2016 14:07:33 -0800
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Anatoly Stepanov <astepanov@...udlinux.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...hat.com>, dm-devel@...hat.com,
        "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
        Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
        Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] mm: introduce kv[mz]alloc helpers

On Tue, 2016-12-13 at 11:14 +0100, Michal Hocko wrote:
> Are there any more comments or objections to this patch? Is this a good
> start or kv[mz]alloc has to provide a way to cover GFP_NOFS users as
> well in the initial version.

Did Andrew Morton ever comment on this?
I believe he was the primary objector in the past.

Last I recollect was over a year ago:

https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/7/7/1050