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Re: [PATCH 4/5] mm, swap: Try kzalloc before vzalloc

From Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH 4/5] mm, swap: Try kzalloc before vzalloc
Date 2017-03-17 12:50 +0100
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On Fri 17-03-17 14:46:22, Huang, Ying wrote:
> +void *swap_kvzalloc(size_t size)
> +{
> +	void *p;
> +
> +	p = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
> +	if (!p)
> +		p = vzalloc(size);
> +
> +	return p;
> +}

please do not invent your own kvmalloc implementation when we already
have on in mmotm tree.
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs

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[PATCH 1/5] mm, swap: Fix comment in __read_swap_cache_async "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@intel.com> - 2017-03-17 07:50 +0100
  [PATCH 3/5] mm, swap: Avoid lock swap_avail_lock when held cluster lock "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@intel.com> - 2017-03-17 08:00 +0100
  [PATCH 4/5] mm, swap: Try kzalloc before vzalloc "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@intel.com> - 2017-03-17 08:00 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 4/5] mm, swap: Try kzalloc before vzalloc David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> - 2017-03-17 10:00 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 4/5] mm, swap: Try kzalloc before vzalloc Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> - 2017-03-17 12:50 +0100
  [PATCH 5/5] mm, swap: Sort swap entries before free "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@intel.com> - 2017-03-17 08:00 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 1/5] mm, swap: Fix comment in __read_swap_cache_async Rafael Aquini <aquini@redhat.com> - 2017-03-17 13:50 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 1/5] mm, swap: Fix comment in __read_swap_cache_async "Huang\, Ying" <ying.huang@intel.com> - 2017-03-20 03:10 +0100

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