subject s/vmallock/vmalloc/ On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 10:09:32AM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote: > From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> > > While converting drm_[cm]alloc* helpers to kvmalloc* variants Chris > Wilson has wondered why we want to try kmalloc before vmalloc fallback > even for larger allocations requests. Let's clarify that one larger > physically contiguous block is less likely to fragment memory than many > scattered pages which can prevent more large blocks from being created. > > Suggested-by: Chris Wilson <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> It helped me understand the decisions made by the code, so Reviewed-by: Chris Wilson <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> -Chris -- Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>
