Re: [PATCH] fs: use kmalloc() to allocate fdmem if possible

[Changli Gao]

On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Avi Kivity <avi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> My point is, vmalloc() and vfree should do this, not their callers:
>
> vmalloc(size):
> Â Âif (size <= PAGE_SIZE)
> Â Â Â Âreturn kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
> Â Â...
>
> vfree(p):
> Â Âif (!is_vmalloc_addr(p) {
> Â Â Â Âkfree(p);
> Â Â Â Âreturn;
> Â Â}
> Â Â...

I think we should not change vmalloc/vfree, and you can invent new
memory APIs, such as malloc()/free().

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Regardsï
Changli Gao(xiaosuo@xxxxxxxxx)
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