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From: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com>
To: Ben Blum <bblum@google.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	containers@lists.linux-foundation.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
	serue@us.ibm.com, menage@google.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/6] Quick vmalloc vs kmalloc fix to the case where array size	is too large
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:14:12 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4A6D37A4.6020605@cn.fujitsu.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090724032150.2463.49019.stgit@hastromil.mtv.corp.google.com>

Ben Blum wrote:
> Quick vmalloc vs kmalloc fix to the case where array size is too large
> 
> Separates all pidlist allocation requests to a separate function that judges
> based on the requested size whether or not the array needs to be vmalloced or
> can be gotten via kmalloc, and similar for kfree/vfree. Should be replaced
> entirely with a kernel-wide solution to this general problem.
> 
> Depends on cgroup-pidlist-namespace.patch, cgroup-procs.patch
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ben Blum <bblum@google.com>
> 

We'll either use flex_array or implement Paul's proposal, so I think
we can drop this patch?


  reply	other threads:[~2009-07-27  5:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-07-24  3:21 [PATCH 0/6] CGroups: cgroup memberlist enhancement+fix Ben Blum
2009-07-24  3:21 ` [PATCH 1/6] Adds a read-only "procs" file similar to "tasks" that shows only unique tgids Ben Blum
2009-07-24  3:21 ` [PATCH 2/6] Ensures correct concurrent opening/reading of pidlists across pid namespaces Ben Blum
2009-07-24  3:21 ` [PATCH 3/6] Quick vmalloc vs kmalloc fix to the case where array size is too large Ben Blum
2009-07-27  5:14   ` Li Zefan [this message]
2009-07-27 15:49     ` Benjamin Blum
2009-07-24  3:21 ` [PATCH 4/6] Changes css_set freeing mechanism to be under RCU Ben Blum
2009-07-24  3:22 ` [PATCH 5/6] Makes procs file writable to move all threads by tgid at once Ben Blum
2009-07-24 10:02   ` Louis Rilling
2009-07-24 10:08     ` Louis Rilling
2009-07-24 19:05       ` Benjamin Blum
2009-07-24 21:52     ` Benjamin Blum
2009-07-24 21:57       ` Paul Menage
2009-08-03 10:52         ` Louis Rilling
2009-07-29  0:23       ` Benjamin Blum
2009-08-03 11:00         ` Louis Rilling
2009-07-24 15:50   ` Matt Helsley
2009-07-24 16:01     ` Paul Menage
2009-07-24 17:23       ` Matt Helsley
2009-07-24 17:47         ` Paul Menage
2009-07-24 20:53           ` Benjamin Blum
2009-07-24 21:06             ` Matt Helsley
2009-07-24 21:36               ` Paul Menage
2009-11-09 17:07   ` Daniel Lezcano
2009-11-10  1:29     ` Li Zefan
2009-11-10 10:26       ` Daniel Lezcano
2009-11-11  2:07         ` Li Zefan
2009-11-11 20:06           ` Daniel Lezcano
2009-07-24  3:22 ` [PATCH 6/6] Lets ss->can_attach and ss->attach do whole threadgroups at a time Ben Blum
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2009-07-31  1:51 [PATCH v2 0/6] CGroups: cgroup memberlist enhancement+fix Ben Blum
2009-07-31  1:51 ` [PATCH 3/6] Quick vmalloc vs kmalloc fix to the case where array size is too large Ben Blum

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