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From: Alex Bligh - linux-kernel <linux-kernel@alex.org.uk>
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To: Mikulas Patocka <mikulas@artax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>,
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Subject: Re: %u-order allocation failed
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--On Saturday, 06 October, 2001 4:44 PM +0200 Mikulas Patocka 
<mikulas@artax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> wrote:

> Here goes the fix. (note that I didn't try to compile it so there may be
> bugs, but you see the point).

(seems to replace high order allocations by vmalloc)

& how does vmalloc allocate physically (as opposed to virtually)
contiguous memory; can't clearly recall it being IRQ safe either
(for GFP_ATOMIC).

--
Alex Bligh