Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:57:10 -0500 (EST) | From | Christoph Lameter <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] SLUB: revert direct page allocator pass through |
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On Sat, 24 Jan 2009, Nick Piggin wrote:
> However, I don't know if netperf udp 4K over loopback is totally > realistic. Maybe real network drivers have different allocation patterns. > If I were you I wouldn't be too hasty to make big changes based on that > alone, if it could introduce regression in somewhere more important.
AFAICT it just wastes memory. My idea of a slab allocator is that it is used for small (less than page sized) allocations. The page allocator should be able to handle page sized allocations in an effective manner.
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