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DateFri, 4 May 2007 11:30:05 -0700 (PDT)
FromChristoph Lameter <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH 08/40] mm: kmem_cache_objsize
On Fri, 4 May 2007, Peter Zijlstra wrote:

> > Ok so you really need the number of objects per page? If you know the 
> > number of objects then you can calculate the pages needed which would be 
> > the maximum memory needed?
> 
> Yes, that would work.

Hmmm... Maybe lets have

unsigned kmem_estimate_pages(struct kmem_cache *slab_cache, int objects)

which would calculate the worst case memory scenario for allocation the 
number of indicated objects?


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