linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/5] mm/vmalloc.c: code cleanup and improvements

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Message-ID: <0b945575-f6ad-4aed-a3dc-7f609f4239c1@amd.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2025 00:36:30 +0530
From: Shivank Garg <shivankg@....com>
To: Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org
Cc: akpm@...ux-foundation.org, urezki@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] mm/vmalloc.c: code cleanup and improvements

On 4/15/2025 8:09 AM, Baoquan He wrote:
> These were made from code inspection in mm/vmalloc.c.
> 
> Baoquan He (5):
>   mm/vmalloc.c: change purge_ndoes as local static variable
>   mm/vmalloc.c: find the vmap of vmap_nodes in reverse order
>   mm/vmalloc.c: optimize code in decay_va_pool_node() a little bit
>   mm/vmalloc: optimize function vm_unmap_aliases()
>   mm/vmalloc.c: return explicit error value in alloc_vmap_area()
> 
>  mm/vmalloc.c | 68 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------
>  1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)
> 

I've tested this patch-series on my AMD EPYC ZEN 3 machine using

1. Using lib/test_vmalloc.c: modprobe test_vmalloc
2. stress-ng: stress-ng --class memory,vm  --seq 0

I did not find any issues.

Reviewed-by: Shivank Garg <shivankg@....com>
Tested-by: Shivank Garg <shivankg@....com>

Thanks,
Shivank