Re: [PATCH 0/3] Replace kmalloc with vmalloc in seq_files

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 01:57:06PM -0700, Colin Cross wrote:
> seq_files are often used for debugging data.  When the system is under
> memory pressure, and dumping debugging data starts trying to allocate
> large physically contiguous buffers, it often makes the problem worse.

Please fix the instances that you see issues with by using the full
seq_file interface which was designed for his instead of the simplified
"single" interface that is only designed for small amounts of data.

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