From: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
To: "Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)" <vbabka@kernel.org>
Cc: Eli Billauer <eli.billauer@gmail.com>,
David Laight <david.laight.linux@gmail.com>,
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
Brad Warrum <bwarrum@linux.ibm.com>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Michal Simek <michal.simek@amd.com>,
Ritu Agarwal <rituagar@linux.ibm.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>,
Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] char: xillybus: replace __get_free_pages() with kmalloc()
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2026 17:56:38 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <apmKpl60eHuVFRjt@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3c19c24f-5036-4bbe-b3af-e5eae102f34a@kernel.org>
On Thu, Sep 03, 2026 at 04:28:48PM +0200, Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) wrote:
> On 9/3/26 14:30, Eli Billauer wrote:
> > On 02/09/2026 14:09, Mike Rapoport wrote:
>
> > in this case. So we actually want __get_free_pages(), but call kmalloc()
Just to add to what Vlastimil said, if you want a buffer you want kmalloc().
--
Sincerely yours,
Mike.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-03 14:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-30 7:47 [PATCH 0/4] char/misc: replace page allocator calls with k[mz]alloc() Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
2026-08-30 7:47 ` [PATCH 1/4] char: xilinx_hwicap: " Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
2026-08-30 7:47 ` [PATCH 2/4] char: xillybus: replace __get_free_pages() with kmalloc() Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
2026-08-31 10:13 ` Eli Billauer
2026-08-31 11:32 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-09-01 8:42 ` Eli Billauer
2026-09-01 17:24 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-09-02 11:40 ` Eli Billauer
2026-09-03 9:15 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-08-31 11:39 ` David Laight
2026-09-01 7:59 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-09-01 8:37 ` David Laight
2026-09-01 8:44 ` Eli Billauer
2026-09-01 17:46 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-09-02 11:41 ` Eli Billauer
2026-09-02 12:09 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-09-03 12:30 ` Eli Billauer
2026-09-03 14:28 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-09-03 14:56 ` Mike Rapoport [this message]
2026-09-04 15:29 ` Eli Billauer
2026-09-02 12:25 ` Pedro Falcato
2026-09-02 12:26 ` David Laight
2026-08-30 7:48 ` [PATCH 3/4] misc: ibmvmc: replace get_zeroed_page() with kzalloc() Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
2026-08-30 7:48 ` [PATCH 4/4] platform: goldfish: pipe: replace __get_free_page() with kmalloc() Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
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