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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] kvmalloc: always use vmalloc if CONFIG_DEBUG_VM
    On Tue 24-04-18 11:30:40, Mikulas Patocka wrote:
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    >
    > On Tue, 24 Apr 2018, Michal Hocko wrote:
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    > > On Mon 23-04-18 20:25:15, Mikulas Patocka wrote:
    > >
    > > > Fixing __vmalloc code
    > > > is easy and it doesn't require cooperation with maintainers.
    > >
    > > But it is a hack against the intention of the scope api.
    >
    > It is not!

    This discussion simply doesn't make much sense it seems. The scope API
    is to document the scope of the reclaim recursion critical section. That
    certainly is not a utility function like vmalloc.
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    Michal Hocko
    SUSE Labs

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