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Re: %u-order allocation failed

To: Mikulas Patocka <mikulas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: %u-order allocation failed
From: Alex Bligh - linux-kernel <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 06 Oct 2001 18:59:34 +0100
Cc: Krzysztof Rusocki <kszysiu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Alex Bligh - linux-kernel <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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--On Saturday, 06 October, 2001 4:44 PM +0200 Mikulas Patocka <mikulas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Here goes the fix. (note that I didn't try to compile it so there may be
bugs, but you see the point).

(seems to replace high order allocations by vmalloc)

& how does vmalloc allocate physically (as opposed to virtually)
contiguous memory; can't clearly recall it being IRQ safe either
(for GFP_ATOMIC).

--
Alex Bligh


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