linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next] liquidio: Remove unneeded cast from memory allocation

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Date:   Tue, 28 Jul 2020 16:32:36 +0000
From:   Derek Chickles <dchickles@...vell.com>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        "wanghai (M)" <wanghai38@...wei.com>,
        Satananda Burla <sburla@...vell.com>,
        Felix Manlunas <fmanlunas@...vell.com>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "kuba@...nel.org" <kuba@...nel.org>
CC:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] liquidio: Remove unneeded cast from memory
 allocation

> From: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
> Subject: [EXT] Re: [PATCH net-next] liquidio: Remove unneeded cast from
> memory allocation
> 
> On Tue, 2020-07-28 at 15:39 +0000, Derek Chickles wrote:
> > I think that is fine as well. We just used vmalloc since there is no
> > need for a physically contiguous piece of memory.
> 
> Do any of the allocs in the driver actually need vmalloc?
> 
This doesn't, but I believe some do, especially when they allocate lists.