From: Matthew Wilcox <willy@debian.org>
To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Why does salinfo_log_read_cpu use kmalloc?
Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2003 11:47:39 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <marc-linux-ia64-106561367122797@msgid-missing> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <marc-linux-ia64-106559698807998@msgid-missing>
On Wed, Oct 08, 2003 at 05:08:14PM +1000, Keith Owens wrote:
> Why does arch/ia64/kernel/salinfo.c::salinfo_log_read_cpu() use
> kmalloc() for the log buffer? The code is running virtual with
> interrupts enabled, SAL_GET_STATE_INFO has no special requirements for
> the buffer attributes, so why not use vmalloc()?
I don't see a function called salinfo_log_read_cpu in
arch/ia64/kernel/salinfo.c ... moreover, I don't see any occurrences of
the string "alloc" in that file. Sure you're looking at the right tree?
--
"It's not Hollywood. War is real, war is primarily not about defeat or
victory, it is about death. I've seen thousands and thousands of dead bodies.
Do you think I want to have an academic debate on this subject?" -- Robert Fisk
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-10-08 11:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-10-08 7:08 Why does salinfo_log_read_cpu use kmalloc? Keith Owens
2003-10-08 11:47 ` Matthew Wilcox [this message]
2003-10-08 12:48 ` Keith Owens
2003-10-08 15:55 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2003-10-09 3:13 ` Keith Owens
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