Re: [PATCH RFC] drm/lease: use kvmalloc for user-controlled allocations

On Thu, Jun 18, 2026 at 6:19 PM syzbot <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Wasn't drm allocating physically contigious memory blocks on purpose?
> > But in this patch you are trying to change it to virtual memory allocations.
> These specific allocations (`object_ids` and `objects`) are temporary
> arrays used within the ioctl to store object IDs and pointers. Since
> they are not used for DMA or hardware access, they do not need to be
> physically contiguous. Using the `kvmalloc` family of functions here is
> safe and prevents the warning when a user requests a very large number
> of objects.
>


Then say it explicitly in the patch description.