Hi Here I'm posting a set of patches that introduce a new function dm_kvmalloc and fix bug 1225370. dm_kvmalloc is general memory allocator for reliable allocation of objects of arbitrary size. It tries to use kmalloc first (because it is faster and it results in less pressure on the TLB). However, kmalloc of a large object may fail because of memory fragmentation - in that case it reverts to vmalloc. The memory allocated with dm_kvmalloc should be freed with kvfree (that function is already present in the kernel in mm/util.c). Mikulas -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel
