Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 4 Dec 2002 20:34:27 -0200 | From | Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <> | Subject | Re: [patch] Change Networking mibs to use kmalloc_percpu -- 1/3 |
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Em Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 09:01:52AM -0800, David S. Miller escreveu: > From: Ravikiran G Thirumalai <kiran@in.ibm.com> > Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2002 18:05:10 +0530 > > Here's a patchset to enable networking mibs to use kmalloc_percpu instead > of the traditional padded NR_CPUS arrays. > > Advantages: > 1. Removes NR_CPUS bloat due to static definition > 2. Can support node local allocation > 3. Will work with modules > > I totally support this work. Once the kmalloc percpu bits hit > Linus's tree, just retransmit these diffs to me privately and > I'll put them into my net-2.5 tree.
Cool stuff! I was planning to macroise this so that things like this would be possible without source impact but now its just there, keep it up :-)
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