linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] mm: vmalloc: export __vmalloc_node

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Message-Id: <20240717195323.d2dbfed9835ba7e2d769921e@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2024 19:53:23 -0700
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To: Mary Strodl <mstrodl@....rit.edu>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, urezki@...il.com, hch@...radead.org,
 linux-mm@...ck.org, lee@...nel.org, andi.shyti@...nel.org,
 linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org, s.hauer@...gutronix.de,
 christian.gmeiner@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] mm: vmalloc: export __vmalloc_node_range

On Wed, 17 Jul 2024 21:15:02 -0400 Mary Strodl <mstrodl@....rit.edu> wrote:

> After the ability to allocate PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC memory was removed
> from __vmalloc

Removed by which commit?

> this seems like the least invasive way to expose
> the capability to drivers that need it.
> 
> Exports __vmalloc_node_range so that drivers can use it.

Why does this driver need a thing which no other driver does?