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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/1] network memory allocator.
FromAndi Kleen <>
Date15 Aug 2006 10:08:23 +0200
Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> writes:
> 
> There will be heaps of cacheline pingpong accessing these arrays.  I'd have
> though that
> 
> static struct whatever {
> 	avl_t avl_node_id;
> 	struct avl_node **avl_node_array;
> 	struct list_head *avl_container_array;
> 	struct avl_node *avl_root;
> 	struct avl_free_list *avl_free_list_head;
> 	spinlock_t avl_free_lock;
> } __cacheline_aligned_in_smp whatevers[NR_CPUS];
> 
> would be better.

Or even better per cpu data. New global/static NR_CPUS arrays should be really discouraged.

-Andi
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