linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] Remove hardcoding of ___GFP

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Message-ID: <4b077316-b381-08d7-7797-1eaf65d01a02@huawei.com>
Date:   Fri, 28 Apr 2017 10:43:09 +0300
From:   Igor Stoppa <igor.stoppa@...wei.com>
To:     Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
CC:     <namhyung@...nel.org>, <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] Remove hardcoding of ___GFP_xxx bitmasks



On 28/04/17 10:40, Michal Hocko wrote:

> Do not add a new zone, really. What you seem to be looking for is an
> allocator on top of the page/memblock allocator which does write
> protection on top. I understand that you would like to avoid object
> management duplication but I am not really sure how much you can re-use
> what slab allocators do already, anyway. I will respond to the original
> thread to not mix things together.

I'm writing an alternative different proposal, let's call it last attempt.

Should be ready in a few minutes.

thanks, igor