Re: [PATCH net-next] liquidio: Remove unneeded cast from memory allocation
From: Derek Chickles
Date: Tue Jul 28 2020 - 12:33:01 EST
> From: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [EXT] Re: [PATCH net-next] liquidio: Remove unneeded cast from
> memory allocation
>
> On Tue, 2020-07-28 at 15:39 +0000, Derek Chickles wrote:
> > I think that is fine as well. We just used vmalloc since there is no
> > need for a physically contiguous piece of memory.
>
> Do any of the allocs in the driver actually need vmalloc?
>
This doesn't, but I believe some do, especially when they allocate lists.