From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@kernel.org>
Cc: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@kernel.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
linux-serial@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/4] tty: replace __get_free_pages() with kmalloc()
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2026 14:44:16 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2026071056-comfort-dynamic-a713@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260630-b4-tty-v3-0-a8476c66c582@kernel.org>
On Tue, Jun 30, 2026 at 12:54:02PM +0300, Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) wrote:
> This is a (tiny) part of larger work of replacing page allocator calls
> with kmalloc.
>
> Nowadays the right way to say "I need a buffer" is kmalloc() rather than
> ancient and ugly __get_free_pages().
I already applied an earlier version of this series, so can you just
send the fixes you made between them?
thanks,
greg k-h
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-10 12:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-30 9:54 [PATCH v3 0/4] tty: replace __get_free_pages() with kmalloc() Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
2026-06-30 9:54 ` [PATCH v3 1/4] serial: pch: replace __get_free_page() " Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
2026-06-30 9:54 ` [PATCH v3 2/4] tty: amiserial: replace get_zeroed_page() with kzalloc() Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
2026-06-30 9:54 ` [PATCH v3 3/4] tty: serial: men_z135_uart: replace __get_free_page() with kmalloc() Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
2026-06-30 9:54 ` [PATCH v3 4/4] vc_screen: replace __get_free_pages() " Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
2026-07-10 12:44 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
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