Re: [PATCH] Move memory controller allocations to their own slabs

From: Balbir Singh
Date: Tue Mar 11 2008 - 00:46:57 EST


KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:01:49 +0530
> Balbir Singh <balbir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Move the memory controller data structures page_cgroup and
>> mem_cgroup_per_zone to their own slab caches. It saves space on the system,
>> allocations are not necessarily pushed to order of 2 and should provide
>> performance benefits. Users who disable the memory controller can also double
>> check that the memory controller is not allocating page_cgroup's.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Balbir Singh <balbir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
> I think using its own kmem_cache for mem_cgroup_per_zone is a bit overkill.

OK, sure, we can move back to the kmalloc.

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Warm Regards,
Balbir Singh
Linux Technology Center
IBM, ISTL
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