Re: [RFC PATCH 02/28] Add a special allocator for staging netfs protocol to MSG_SPLICE_PAGES

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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 02/28] Add a special allocator for staging netfs protocol to MSG_SPLICE_PAGES
From: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2023 18:00:36 +0000
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Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This feels a _lot_ like the page_frag allocator.  Can the two be
> unified?

Looks kind of similar.  I might well be able to use that instead.

David

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- Re: [RFC PATCH 02/28] Add a special allocator for staging netfs protocol to MSG_SPLICE_PAGES
  - From: Matthew Wilcox
- [RFC PATCH 02/28] Add a special allocator for staging netfs protocol to MSG_SPLICE_PAGES
  - From: David Howells

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