Re: [PATCH] alloc_memory_early() routines

From: Pekka J Enberg
Date: Wed May 10 2006 - 03:16:25 EST


On Wed, 10 May 2006, Pekka Enberg wrote:
> > > +void * __init alloc_memory_early_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node)
> > > +{
> > > + if (g_cpucache_up == FULL)
> > > + return kmalloc_node(size, flags, node);
> > > + else
> > > + return alloc_bootmem_node(NODE_DATA(node), size);
> > > +}
> >
> > I'd prefer you put this in mm/bootmem.c and added a
> >
> > int slab_is_available(void)
> > {
> > return g_cpucache_up == FULL;
> > }
> >
> > to mm/slab.c instead.

On Wed, 10 May 2006, Christoph Lameter wrote:
> Does slab not available mean that bootmem can be used?

Yes.

Pekka
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