linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] Fast noirq bulk page allocator v2r7

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Message-ID: <76b3372e-591c-186d-d8ce-f950eea997cf@kernel.org>
Date:   Sat, 28 Jan 2017 20:00:33 -0800
From:   Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
To:     Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>,
        Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>
Cc:     Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        Hillf Danton <hillf.zj@...baba-inc.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] Fast noirq bulk page allocator v2r7

On 01/09/2017 08:35 AM, Mel Gorman wrote:
> The
> fourth patch introduces a bulk page allocator with no in-kernel users as
> an example for Jesper and others who want to build a page allocator for
> DMA-coherent pages.

If you want an in-kernel user as a test, to validate the API's sanity, 
and to improve performance, how about __vmalloc_area_node()?  :)

--Andy