Re: [PATCH] slab: avoid unnecessary touching of a partial slab

[Christoph Lameter]

On Fri, 26 Aug 2011, Zhao Jin wrote:

> > Correct but still tthe del/add is a list_move operation. Convert that the
> > other case as well?
> >
> Yes. The patch avoids list_del/list_add only if it is the case that a
> partial slab was used for refilling and remains partial (that is:
> partial => partial). If it is not the case( so it must be either partial
> => full, free => full or free => partial) the patched code behaves the
> same as current (list_del/list_add).

The second case is what I want you to change to list_move.


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