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SubjectRe: [PATCH] change gen_pool allocator to not touch managed memory
Dean Nelson wrote:
> The following patch modifies the gen_pool allocator (lib/genalloc.c) to
> utilize a bitmap scheme instead of the buddy scheme. The purpose of this
> change is to eliminate the touching of the actual memory being allocated.
>
> Since the change modifies the interface, a change to the uncached
> allocator (arch/ia64/kernel/uncached.c) is also required.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dean Nelson <dcn@sgi.com>

Acked-by: Jes Sorensen <jes@sgi.com>

Jes
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