Re: [Patch 12/16 2.5] ixgb: replace kmalloc with vmalloc to allocate dri

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Re: [Patch 12/16 2.5] ixgb: replace kmalloc with vmalloc to allocate dri

To:	Ganesh Venkatesan <ganesh.venkatesan@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject:	Re: [Patch 12/16 2.5] ixgb: replace kmalloc with vmalloc to allocate driver local data structures
From:	Christian Borntraeger <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:	Fri, 15 Oct 2004 18:46:42 +0200
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Ganesh Venkatesan wrote:
> - rxdr->buffer_info = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
[...]
> + rxdr->buffer_info = vmalloc(size);

What is the rationale for this change?

If I recall correctly, Linus opposes the use of vmalloc if there is no real 
need.

cheers

Christian

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