linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] cgroup: use kv(malloc|free) instead of pidlist

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Date:   Mon, 9 Sep 2019 16:23:38 +0000
From:   Roman Gushchin <guro@...com>
To:     Ivan Safonov <insafonov@...il.com>
CC:     Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Li Zefan <lizefan@...wei.com>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        "cgroups@...r.kernel.org" <cgroups@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cgroup: use kv(malloc|free) instead of
 pidlist_(allocate|free)

On Sun, Sep 08, 2019 at 05:40:41PM +0300, Ivan Safonov wrote:
> Resolve TODO:
> > The following two functions "fix" the issue where there are more pids
> > than kmalloc will give memory for; in such cases, we use vmalloc/vfree.
> > TODO: replace with a kernel-wide solution to this problem
> 
> kv(malloc|free) is appropriate replacement for pidlist_(allocate|free).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ivan Safonov <insafonov@...il.com>

Looks good to me!

Acked-by: Roman Gushchin <guro@...com>

Thanks!