Re: [PATCH 1/3] mm: vmalloc: export __vmalloc_node_range

[Andrew Morton]

On Wed, 17 Jul 2024 21:15:02 -0400 Mary Strodl <mstrodl@xxxxxxxxxxx> 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?