linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] mm: vmalloc: introduce array allocation functions

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Message-ID: <1338e4bf-015d-3323-1b8e-3a9e80d254a1@redhat.com>
Date:   Tue, 8 Mar 2022 15:26:36 +0100
From:   David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Dennis Zhou <dennis@...nel.org>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
        Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
        Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov.dev@...il.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        cgroups@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] mm: vmalloc: introduce array allocation functions

On 08.03.22 11:59, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> Linux has dozens of occurrences of vmalloc(array_size()) and
> vzalloc(array_size()).  Allow to simplify the code by providing
> vmalloc_array and vcalloc, as well as the underscored variants that let
> the caller specify the GFP flags.
> 
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-mm@...ck.org
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>

Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>

-- 
Thanks,

David / dhildenb