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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/7] mm: introduce simple_malloc()/simple_free()
On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:33:15 +0800
Lai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com> wrote:

>
> some subsystem needs vmalloc() when required memory is large.
> but current kernel has not APIs for this requirement.
> this patch introduces simple_malloc() and simple_free().

Hi

I kinda really don't like this approach. vmalloc() (and especially,
vfree()) is a really expensive operation, and vmalloc()'d memory is
also slower (due to tlb pressure). Realistically, people should try hard
to use small datastructure instead....


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