Re: [PATCH] mempool: kvmalloc pool

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To: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mempool: kvmalloc pool
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2024 00:39:04 -0800
Cc: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <20240201121544.3820874-1-kent.overstreet@linux.dev>
References: <20240201121544.3820874-1-kent.overstreet@linux.dev>

On Thu,  1 Feb 2024 07:15:44 -0500 Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Add mempool_init_kvmalloc_pool() and mempool_create_kvmalloc_pool(),
> which wrap kvmalloc() instead of kmalloc() - kmalloc() with a vmalloc()
> fallback.
> 

Why do we need this?

Can we expect to see users of this?

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