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Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2026 17:56:38 +0300
From: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
To: "Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)" <vbabka@kernel.org>
Cc: Eli Billauer <eli.billauer@gmail.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] char: xillybus: replace __get_free_pages() with
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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.