Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 17 Jan 2005 14:11:17 -0800 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [patch] mm: Reimplementation of dynamic percpu memory allocator |
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Ravikiran G Thirumalai <kiran@in.ibm.com> wrote: > > > So... is it not possible to enhance vmalloc() for node-awareness, then > > just use it? > > > > Memory for block management (free lists, bufctl lists) is also resident > in one block. A typical block in this allocator looks like this: >
I still don't get it. It is possible to calculate the total size of the block beforehand, yes? So why not simply vmalloc_numa() a block of that size then populate it? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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