Re: [PATCH 1/3] slab: introduce krealloc

[Christoph Lameter]

On Wed, 21 Feb 2007, Pekka Enberg wrote:

> Christoph Lameter wrote:
> > Well could you check ksize for the old object first and if ksize <= new size
> > then just skip the copy? I think this may allow you to get rid of the ksize
> > callers.
> 
> And not reallocate at all, right? I thought about that but then you wouldn't
> be able to use realloc() to make the buffer smaller.

I think there are two ways to address that:

1. Just do not allow shrinking via realloc. Probably no big loss and best 
performance.

2. Check if the size specified is larger than the next smallest general 
cache and only copy if we would really would allocate from a different 
cache.

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