Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 6/6] slub: only preallocate cpus_with_slabs if offstack | From | Pekka Enberg <> | Date | Sun, 06 Nov 2011 21:10:18 +0200 |
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On Fri, 28 Oct 2011, Gilad Ben-Yossef wrote: > > I think if it is up to me, I recommend going the simpler route that > > does the allocation in flush_all using GFP_ATOMIC for > > CPUMASK_OFFSTACK=y and sends an IPI to all CPUs if it fails, because > > it is simpler code and in the end I believe it is also correct.
On Wed, 2011-11-02 at 03:52 -0500, Christoph Lameter wrote: > I support that. Pekka?
Sure. I'm OK with that. Someone needs to run some tests to make sure it's working with low memory conditions when GFP_ATOMIC allocations fail, though.
Pekka
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