linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] mm/vmalloc: Switch to bulk allocator in __vmalloc_area

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Date:   Mon, 28 Jun 2021 16:00:04 -0700
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@...il.com>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
        Hillf Danton <hdanton@...a.com>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>,
        Oleksiy Avramchenko <oleksiy.avramchenko@...ymobile.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] mm/vmalloc: Switch to bulk allocator in
 __vmalloc_area_node()

On Wed, 19 May 2021 23:07:50 +0200 Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@...il.com> wrote:

> > Basically a single-page allocator is more permissive so it is a higher
> > chance to success. Therefore a fallback to it makes sense.
> > 
> Hello, Christoph.
> 
> See below the patch. Does it sound good for you? It is about moving
> page allocation part into separate function:

Please just send over a patch which addresses this and Christoph's
other review comments.

I don't think the discussion with Mel against this patch identified any
needed changes, so I'll send this series to Linus.