linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/5] squashfs: always use bio_kmalloc in squashfs_bio

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Message-ID: <ac281c26-682c-b8b7-88b2-7e1b4669de5d@squashfs.org.uk>
Date:   Wed, 2 Mar 2022 03:01:20 +0000
From:   Phillip Lougher <phillip@...ashfs.org.uk>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc:     Coly Li <colyli@...e.de>, Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...hat.com>,
        Song Liu <song@...nel.org>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        Josef Bacik <josef@...icpanda.com>,
        David Sterba <dsterba@...e.com>, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        dm-devel@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-bcache@...r.kernel.org, linux-raid@...r.kernel.org,
        target-devel@...r.kernel.org, linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] squashfs: always use bio_kmalloc in squashfs_bio_read

On 01/03/2022 08:45, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> If a plain kmalloc that is not backed by a mempool is safe here for a
> large read (and the actual page allocations), it must also be for a
> small one, so simplify the code a bit.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>

Acked-by: Phillip Lougher <phillip@...ashfs.org.uk>