Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 17 Apr 2007 10:31:06 +0300 | From | "Pekka Enberg" <> | Subject | Re: slab allocators: Remove obsolete SLAB_MUST_HWCACHE_ALIGN |
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On 4/17/07, Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com> wrote: > The flag SLAB_MUST_HWCACHE_ALIGN is > > 1. Never checked by SLAB at all. > > 2. A duplicate of SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN for SLUB > > 3. Fulfills the role of SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN for SLOB. > > The only remaining use is in sparc64 and ppc64 and their use there > reflects some earlier role that the slab flag once may have had. If > its specified then SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN is also specified. > > The flag is confusing, inconsistent and has no purpose. > > Remove it.
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