Re: [PATCH rdma-next 0/4] RDMA: use kmalloc() for remaining scratch buffers

[Leon Romanovsky]

On Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:03:08 +0300, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> The series [PATCH v2 0/5] RDMA, IB: replace __get_free_pages() with
> kmalloc() [1] replaced direct page allocator use in RDMA buffers that
> have no page-specific requirements. Continue that cleanup for the remaining
> scratch buffers in cxgb4, mlx4, usnic and mlx5.
> 
> Use kmalloc() or kzalloc() to retain the existing physically contiguous
> storage and alignment while avoiding casts and allowing kfree() to derive
> the allocation size. The mlx5 patch converts every allocation tier in the
> shared UMR buffer allocator so its cleanup path does not mix allocator
> families.
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/4] RDMA/cxgb4: use kmalloc() for the PBL address array
      https://git.kernel.org/rdma/rdma/c/8d478a35ddd99c
[2/4] RDMA/mlx4: use kzalloc() for the fast registration page list
      https://git.kernel.org/rdma/rdma/c/1c549b0722a81d
[3/4] RDMA/usnic: use kmalloc() for the page pointer array
      https://git.kernel.org/rdma/rdma/c/50ba3490bf1567
[4/4] RDMA/mlx5: use kmalloc() for UMR translation buffers
      https://git.kernel.org/rdma/rdma/c/94db8be4a1772d

Best regards,
-- 
Leon Romanovsky <leonro@xxxxxxxxxx>