Re: [PATCH 00/17] replace __get_free_pages() call with kmalloc()

[Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>]

On 23 May 2026, at 13:54, Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) wrote:

> This is a (small) part of larger work of replacing page allocator calls
> with kmalloc.

Is the goal to get rid of __get_free_page(s)()?

Thanks.

>
> Also in git:
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rppt/linux.git gfp-to-kmalloc/fs
>
> Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
> ---
> Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) (17):
>       quota: allocate dquot_hash with kmalloc()
>       proc: replace __get_free_page() with kmalloc()
>       ocfs2/dlm: replace __get_free_page() with kmalloc()
>       nilfs2: replace get_zeroed_page() with kzalloc()
>       NFS: replace __get_free_page() with kmalloc() in nfs_show_devname()
>       NFS: remove unused page and page2 in nfs4_replace_transport()
>       NFSD: replace __get_free_page() with kmalloc() in nfsd_buffered_readdir()
>       libfs: simple_transaction_get(): replace get_zeroed_page() with kzalloc()
>       jfs: replace __get_free_page() with kmalloc()
>       jbd2: replace __get_free_pages() with kmalloc()
>       isofs: replace __get_free_page() with kmalloc()
>       fuse: replace __get_free_page() with kmalloc()
>       fs/select: replace __get_free_page() with kmalloc()
>       fs/namespace: use __getname() to allocate mntpath buffer
>       configfs: replace __get_free_pages() with kzalloc()
>       binfmt_misc: replace __get_free_page() with kmalloc()
>       bfs: replace get_zeroed_page() with kzalloc()
>
>  fs/bfs/inode.c             |  4 ++--
>  fs/binfmt_misc.c           |  4 ++--
>  fs/configfs/file.c         |  7 +++----
>  fs/fuse/ioctl.c            |  5 +++--
>  fs/isofs/dir.c             |  5 +++--
>  fs/jbd2/journal.c          |  7 ++-----
>  fs/jfs/jfs_dtree.c         | 16 ++++++++--------
>  fs/libfs.c                 |  6 +++---
>  fs/namespace.c             |  4 ++--
>  fs/nfs/nfs4namespace.c     | 15 +--------------
>  fs/nfs/super.c             |  4 ++--
>  fs/nfsd/vfs.c              |  4 ++--
>  fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c          |  4 ++--
>  fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdebug.c    | 24 +++++++++---------------
>  fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdomain.c   |  8 +++++---
>  fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c   |  5 ++---
>  fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c |  4 ++--
>  fs/proc/base.c             | 16 ++++++++--------
>  fs/quota/dquot.c           | 11 +++++------
>  fs/select.c                |  4 ++--
>  20 files changed, 68 insertions(+), 89 deletions(-)
> ---
> base-commit: 5d6919055dec134de3c40167a490f33c74c12581
> change-id: 20260522-b4-fs-5e5c70f31664
>
> Best regards,
> --
> Sincerely yours,
> Mike.


Best Regards,
Yan, Zi