From: Eli Billauer <eli.billauer@gmail.com>
To: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
Brad Warrum <bwarrum@linux.ibm.com>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Michal Simek <michal.simek@amd.com>,
Ritu Agarwal <rituagar@linux.ibm.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>,
Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>,
Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] char: xillybus: replace __get_free_pages() with kmalloc()
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2026 13:40:21 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2d7b127d-6079-40c0-2020-dc7767b2396b@outbound.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <apcKQBRCFeF-usK7@kernel.org>
On 01/09/2026 19:24, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 01, 2026 at 10:42:47AM +0200, Eli Billauer wrote:
>> On 31/08/2026 13:32, Mike Rapoport wrote:
>>> For large sizes kmalloc falls back to page allocator anyway.
>>>
>>> And the doc is out of date unfortunately.
>> I think it would be a good idea to update the doc first, and by doing so
>> officially change the API. After getting this change approved, it's indeed
>> safe to rely on kmalloc() even for larger memory allocations.
> The documentation always lags behind the code and "official" API is what
> include/linux/slab.h says :)
This is what I found in slab.h:
*
* kmalloc is the normal method of allocating memory
* for objects smaller than page size in the kernel.
*
Maybe this needs a clarification too?
Regards,
Eli
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-02 11:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-30 7:47 [PATCH 0/4] char/misc: replace page allocator calls with k[mz]alloc() Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
2026-08-30 7:47 ` [PATCH 1/4] char: xilinx_hwicap: " Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
2026-08-30 7:47 ` [PATCH 2/4] char: xillybus: replace __get_free_pages() with kmalloc() Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
2026-08-31 10:13 ` Eli Billauer
2026-08-31 11:32 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-09-01 8:42 ` Eli Billauer
2026-09-01 17:24 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-09-02 11:40 ` Eli Billauer [this message]
2026-08-31 11:39 ` David Laight
2026-09-01 7:59 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-09-01 8:37 ` David Laight
2026-09-01 8:44 ` Eli Billauer
2026-09-01 17:46 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-09-02 11:41 ` Eli Billauer
2026-09-02 12:09 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-09-02 12:25 ` Pedro Falcato
2026-09-02 12:26 ` David Laight
2026-08-30 7:48 ` [PATCH 3/4] misc: ibmvmc: replace get_zeroed_page() with kzalloc() Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
2026-08-30 7:48 ` [PATCH 4/4] platform: goldfish: pipe: replace __get_free_page() with kmalloc() Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
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