From: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
To: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>,
"Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@kernel.org>
Cc: Dennis Dalessandro <dennis.dalessandro@cornelisnetworks.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] RDMA, IB: replace __get_free_pages() with kmalloc()
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2026 08:26:23 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <178403198364.107074.8884062475078285923.b4-ty@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260713-b4-rdma-v2-0-65d2a1a5180c@kernel.org>
On Mon, 13 Jul 2026 10:17:21 +0300, Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) wrote:
> This is a (small) part of larger work of replacing page allocator calls
> with kmalloc.
>
> My initial intention a few month ago was to remove ugly casts [1], but then
> willy pointed out that Linus objected to something like this [2] and it
> looks like more than a decade old technical debt.
>
> [...]
Applied, thanks!
[1/5] RDMA/umem: ib_umem_get(): use kmalloc() to allocate page array
https://git.kernel.org/rdma/rdma/c/66073100a7b857
[2/5] RDMA/mlx5: replace __get_free_page() with kmalloc()
https://git.kernel.org/rdma/rdma/c/e3d8c413e2e9e8
[3/5] IB/mthca: mthca_reg_user_mr(): use kmalloc() to allocate addresses array
https://git.kernel.org/rdma/rdma/c/5036553f0e39e2
[4/5] IB/mthca: allocate mthca_array memory with kzalloc()
https://git.kernel.org/rdma/rdma/c/45bf0b3da47d75
[5/5] IB/rdmavt: use kzalloc() to allocate QPN-map pages
https://git.kernel.org/rdma/rdma/c/f8d04b0c74e989
Best regards,
--
Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-14 12:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-13 7:17 Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
2026-07-13 7:17 ` [PATCH v2 1/5] RDMA/umem: ib_umem_get(): use kmalloc() to allocate page array Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
2026-07-13 7:17 ` [PATCH v2 2/5] RDMA/mlx5: replace __get_free_page() with kmalloc() Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
2026-07-13 7:17 ` [PATCH v2 3/5] IB/mthca: mthca_reg_user_mr(): use kmalloc() to allocate addresses array Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
2026-07-13 7:17 ` [PATCH v2 4/5] IB/mthca: allocate mthca_array memory with kzalloc() Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
2026-07-13 7:17 ` [PATCH v2 5/5] IB/rdmavt: use kzalloc() to allocate QPN-map pages Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
2026-07-14 12:24 ` [PATCH v2 0/5] RDMA, IB: replace __get_free_pages() with kmalloc() Leon Romanovsky
2026-07-14 12:28 ` Leon Romanovsky
2026-07-15 6:32 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-07-15 9:08 ` Leon Romanovsky
2026-07-14 12:26 ` Leon Romanovsky [this message]
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