Re: [PATCH 10/17] jbd2: replace __get_free_pages() with kmalloc()
David Laight <[email protected]> Fri, 5 Jun 2026 09:33:32 +0100
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On Thu, 4 Jun 2026 10:05:52 -0400 "Theodore Tso" <[email protected]> wrote: ... > I suppose we could do it with kmalloc() with some flags which to > prevent forced reclaim / compaction, and if that fails, then fall back > to vmalloc(). Is there a better way? There is already kvalloc(). I'm not sure how hard that tries to get kmalloc() to succeed. -- David > > Thanks, > > - Ted >