From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-serial@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] tty: port: replace get_zeroed_page() with kzalloc()
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2026 08:54:00 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260831085400.6CFCF1F000E9@smtp.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260831-tty-v2-1-88cd58c3c640@kernel.org>
> tty_port_alloc_xmit_buf() allocates the transmit buffer of a tty port. The
> buffer only backs the port's kfifo, the data being sent is copied in and
> out of it.
>
> This buffer can be allocated with kmalloc() as there's nothing special
> about it 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_zeroed_page() with kzalloc() and free_page() with
> kfree().
>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/635405e4-9423-4a25-a6e7-e03c8ea0bcbe@redhat.com
> Assisted-by: copilot:claude-opus
> Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-31 8:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-31 8:27 [PATCH v2 0/3] tty: replace page allocator calls with k[mz]alloc() Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
2026-08-31 8:27 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] tty: port: replace get_zeroed_page() with kzalloc() Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
2026-08-31 8:54 ` sashiko-bot [this message]
2026-08-31 8:27 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] serial: core: " Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
2026-08-31 8:40 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-31 8:27 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] tty: hvcs: replace __get_free_page() with kmalloc() Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
2026-08-31 8:40 ` sashiko-bot
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