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

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Message-ID: <20190910164649.GU2263813@devbig004.ftw2.facebook.com>
Date:   Tue, 10 Sep 2019 09:46:49 -0700
From:   Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:     Ivan Safonov <insafonov@...il.com>
Cc:     Li Zefan <lizefan@...wei.com>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>, cgroups@...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>

An equivalent patch is already queued.

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup.git/commit/?h=for-5.4&id=653a23ca7e1e1ae907654e91d028bc6dfc7fce0c

Thanks.

-- 
tejun