Re: [patch] kmalloc_percpu -- 2 of 2

From: Dipankar Sarma (dipankar@gamebox.net)
Date: Thu Dec 05 2002 - 16:23:07 EST


On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 09:10:16PM +0100, Andrew Morton wrote:
>
> I'd suggest that you drop the new allocator until a compelling
> need for it (in real, live 2.5/2.6 code) has been demonstrated.

Fine with me since atleast one workaround for fragmentation with small
allocations is known. I can't see anything in 2.5 timeframe
requiring small per-cpu allocations.

Would you like me to resubmit a simple kmalloc-only version ?

Thanks
Dipankar
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