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Date:   Wed, 28 Apr 2021 08:33:38 +0200
From:   Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
To:     Vasily Averin <vvs@virtuozzo.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] ipc: use kmalloc for msg_queue and shmid_kernel
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On Wed 28-04-21 08:15:10, Vasily Averin wrote:
> On 4/26/21 1:25 PM, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > Using kvmalloc for sub page size objects is suboptimal because kmalloc
> > can easily fallback into vmalloc under memory pressure and smaller
> > objects would fragment memory. Therefore replace kvmalloc by a simple
> > kmalloc.
> 
> I think you're wrong here:
> kvmalloc can failback to vmalloc for size > PAGE_SIZE only

You are right. My bad. My memory failed on me. Sorry about the
confusion.
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs