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

[Zhao Jin]

On Fri, 2011-08-26 at 10:05 -0500, Christoph Lameter wrote:
> 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.
> 
> 
Oops. I misunderstood your reply... I shall do it. Thanks a lot for
pointing it out.

Regards,
zhj


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