On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 07:51:23AM -0700, Roland Dreier wrote: > Anton> fs/ntfs/malloc.h::ntfs_malloc_nofs() to do the kmalloc() > Anton> based allocations with __GFP_HIGHMEM, analogous to how the > Anton> vmalloc() based allocations are done. > > Does it make sense to pass __GFP_HIGHMEM to kmalloc()? Not at all (as you indicated below..) > kmalloc() has > to return memory from lowmem, since it gives you an address from the > direct-mapped kernel area, so at best kmalloc() ignores this flag. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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