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SubjectRe: The Slab Allocator (Was: Re: New dcache not using slab allocator?)
David S. Miller wrote:
>
> Can you implement front ends to SLAB which need not grab any locks nor
> disable interrupts? This is why the per-cpu magazine aspect of SIMP
> was a no brainer for Thomas to implement, and why it is perfect for
> inode and dentry allocation, outside of the fragmentation issues you
> mentioned.

David,
Do you need a guarantee against blocking or disabling interrupts, or do
you just need very fast allocation? I could propose a very simple front
end with a typical allocation time of 2 xchg instructions (+ one pointer
dereference), a worst case same as current slab, and no need for
per-engine queues.

I'm not sure what all the issues here are, but agree with Mark that we
should put the effort into one highly optimized well-tested allocator.

Regards,
Bill

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