From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Wilcox Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2003 11:47:39 +0000 Subject: Re: Why does salinfo_log_read_cpu use kmalloc? Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org 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