Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 11 Dec 2001 15:27:35 -0800 | From | Paul Jackson <> | Subject | Re: [Lse-tech] [RFC] [PATCH] Scalable Statistics Counters |
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On Sun, 9 Dec 2001, Jack Steiner wrote:
> If code want to allocate close to a cpu, then kmem_cache_alloc_cpu() > is the best choice. However, I would also expect that some code > already knows the node. Then kmem_cache_alloc_node() is best.
yup.
> As precident, the page allocation routines are all node-based. > (ie., alloc_pages_node(), etc...)
My inclinations would be to prefer more cpu-based allocators. But until I happen to catch you in a room with a white board, my inclinations are unlikely to go anywhere ... perhaps someday.
I won't rest till it's the best ... Manager, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com> 1.650.933.1373
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