linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] drm/virtio: Use vmalloc for command buffer allocations.

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Date:   Thu, 12 Sep 2019 09:51:06 +0200
From:   Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@...hat.com>
To:     David Riley <davidriley@...omium.org>
Cc:     dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        Gurchetan Singh <gurchetansingh@...omium.org>,
        Stéphane Marchesin <marcheu@...omium.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] drm/virtio: Use vmalloc for command buffer
 allocations.

On Wed, Sep 11, 2019 at 11:14:03AM -0700, David Riley wrote:
> Userspace requested command buffer allocations could be too large
> to make as a contiguous allocation.  Use vmalloc if necessary to
> satisfy those allocations.

Both applied to drm-misc-next.

thanks,
  Gerd