linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] ipc: use kmalloc for msg_queue and shmid

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Message-ID: <CALvZod4oW1jPJtR938zSAMBaeKdJ82NAa1Ht858XLrmWWSiCTw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 26 Apr 2021 09:23:26 -0700
From:   Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@...gle.com>
To:     Vasily Averin <vvs@...tuozzo.com>
Cc:     Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>, Cgroups <cgroups@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov.dev@...il.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Dmitry Safonov <0x7f454c46@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] ipc: use kmalloc for msg_queue and shmid_kernel

On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 3:18 AM Vasily Averin <vvs@...tuozzo.com> wrote:
>
> msg_queue and shmid_kernel are quite small objects, no need to use
> kvmalloc for them.
> Previously these objects was allocated via ipc_alloc/ipc_rcu_alloc(),
> common function for several ipc objects. It had kvmalloc call inside().
> Later, this function went away and was finally replaced by direct
> kvmalloc call, and now we can use more suitable kmalloc/kfree for them.
>
> Reported-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Vasily Averin <vvs@...tuozzo.com>

Reviewed-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@...gle.com>