| Date | Sun, 28 Oct 2007 15:10:03 +0200 (EET) | From | Pekka J Enberg <> | Subject | Re: [patch 04/10] SLUB: Avoid checking for a valid object before zeroing on the fast path |
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On Sat, 27 Oct 2007, Christoph Lameter wrote: > The fast path always results in a valid object. Move the check > for the NULL pointer to the slow branch that calls > __slab_alloc. Only __slab_alloc can return NULL if there is no > memory available anymore and that case is exceedingly rare.
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