Re: [RFC][alpha] saner vmalloc handling (was Re: [Bug report] hash_name() may cross page boundary and trigger sleep in RCU context)

[Linus Torvalds]

On Sat, 29 Nov 2025 at 19:01, Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> +         Default is 8Gb total and under normal circumstances, this is so
> +         far and above what is needed as to be laughable.  However, there are
> +         certain applications (such as benchmark-grade in-kernel web serving)
> +         that can make use of as much vmalloc space as is available.

I wonder if we even need the config variable?

Because this reads like the whole feature exists due to the old 'tux'
web server thing (from the early 2000's - long long gone, never merged
upstream).

So I'm not sure there are any actual real use-cases for tons of
vmalloc space on alpha.

Anyway, I see no real objections to the patch, only a "maybe it could
be cut down even more".

                Linus