Re: [GIT PULL] kmalloc_obj treewide refactor for v7.0-rc1

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 at 15:50, David Laight <david.laight.linux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Feb 2026 17:08:47 -0800
> Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> ...
> > It looks like the conversions of kmalloc() et al to kmalloc_flex() et al
> > were never in linux-next, so presumably that was a factor?
>
> Was the patch even posted to lkml?
> I don't remember seeing it.

The commits also didn't have any Link:-tags, so it took a bit of
searching to find this thread, after I discovered these changes to
some files I am listed as maintainer for...

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert


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