Re: No, really, stop trying to delete slab until you've finishedmaking slub perform as well

From: Pekka Enberg
Date: Sun Aug 03 2008 - 17:29:21 EST


Hi Matthew,

Matthew Wilcox wrote:
Do we have to once again explain that slab still outperforms slub on at
least one important benchmark? I hope Nick Piggin finds time to finish
tuning slqb; it already outperforms slub.

No, you don't have to. I haven't merged that patch nor do I intend to do so until the regressions are fixed.

And yes, I'm still waiting to hear from you how we're now doing with higher order page allocations...

Pekka
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