Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 14 Aug 2007 12:02:52 -0700 (PDT) | From | Christoph Lameter <> | Subject | Re: [patch] slab: revert "slab: fix alien cache handling" |
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On Mon, 13 Aug 2007, Siddha, Suresh B wrote:
> > Only if you find another way to fix the bug that is addressed there. > > Does the appended version fix both the issues? Name alien in cache_free_alien > is confusing, as the function does two things. free through alien caches > or direct remote free..
Yes calling cache_free_alien is not necessary if you just have a single node. All memory is node local in that case.
I do not think that cache_free_alien is confusing since the name refers to the function freeing an alien object. That alien object can be freed to an alien cache or directly to a remote slab.
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