Re: [PATCH 1/7] mm: introduce simple_malloc()/simple_free()

[David Miller]

From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:53:09 -0800

> On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 13:35:03 +0800
> Lai Jiangshan <laijs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > vmalloc() is not good for performance and increasing fragment.
> > but vmalloc() is need for some subsystems' alternative malloc,
> > like cgroup's tasks file and other subsystems(about 20 subsystems).
> 
> actually what you are pointing out is that these areas need improvement
> to not need such huge blocks of memory... but only a series of smaller
> blocks instead.

Like the IPSEC policy and state hash tables when hundreds of thousands
of rules become active?

You have to be joking.
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