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Aivazian" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, ocfs2-devel@lists.linux.dev, linux-nilfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org, jfs-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/17] jbd2: replace __get_free_pages() with kmalloc() Message-ID: References: <20260523-b4-fs-v1-0-275e36a83f0e@kernel.org> <20260523-b4-fs-v1-10-275e36a83f0e@kernel.org> <20260605093332.7b067876@pumpkin> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20260605093332.7b067876@pumpkin> On Fri, Jun 05, 2026 at 09:33:32AM +0100, David Laight wrote: > On Thu, 4 Jun 2026 10:05:52 -0400 > "Theodore Tso" wrote: > > ... > > I suppose we could do it with kmalloc() with some flags which to > > prevent forced reclaim / compaction, and if that fails, then fall back > > to vmalloc(). Is there a better way? > > There is already kvalloc(). > I'm not sure how hard that tries to get kmalloc() to succeed. > I assume you mean kvmalloc()? kvalloc() is something unknown to me. -- Uladzislau Rezki