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SubjectRe: PATCH - NGROUPS 2.6.2rc2 + fixups
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In message <Pine.LNX.4.58.0401291138390.689@home.osdl.org> you write:
>
>
> On Thu, 29 Jan 2004, Tim Hockin wrote:
> >
> > What think?
>
> I still don't understand the complexity.
>
> Why the list of pages? Is there really any valid use for this that could
> overflow a simple "kmalloc()"? How many groups do people really really
> need?

I was happy with kmalloc, and no sorting. Simple patch. Tim
complained that he had some wierd-ass users who hit kmalloc limits w/
fragmentation. I added about 10 lines of code to fall back to vmalloc
for that very rare case, and you scotched that.

ie. Don't blame Tim: you led us here 8(

Rusty.
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