Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:23:31 -0800 (PST) | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/7] mm: introduce simple_malloc()/simple_free() | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org> Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:53:09 -0800
> On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 13:35:03 +0800 > Lai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com> wrote: > > > vmalloc() is not good for performance and increasing fragment. > > but vmalloc() is need for some subsystems' alternative malloc, > > like cgroup's tasks file and other subsystems(about 20 subsystems). > > actually what you are pointing out is that these areas need improvement > to not need such huge blocks of memory... but only a series of smaller > blocks instead.
Like the IPSEC policy and state hash tables when hundreds of thousands of rules become active?
You have to be joking.
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