Re: [PATCH 1/5] s390/zcore: Replace __get_free_page() with kmalloc()

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> zcore_reipl_init() allocates buffers that keep a copy of the IPL block
> and of the OS info structure of the crashed system.
> 
> These buffers can be allocated with kmalloc() as there's nothing special
> about them to go directly to the page allocator.
> 
> kmalloc() provides a better API that does not require ugly casts and
> kfree() does not need to know the size of the freed object.
> 
> Performance difference between kmalloc() and __get_free_pages() is not
> measurable as both allocators take an object/page from a per-CPU list for
> fast path allocations.
> 
> For the slow path the performance is anyway determined by the amount of
> reclaim involved rather than by what allocator is used.
> 
> Replace use of __get_free_page() with kmalloc() and free_page() with
> kfree().
> 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/635405e4-9423-4a25-a6e7-e03c8ea0bcbe@redhat.com
> Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>

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