Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 9 May 2013 16:25:00 +0000 | From | Christoph Lameter <> | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH 00/22] Per-cpu page allocator replacement prototype |
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On Thu, 9 May 2013, Dave Hansen wrote:
> BTW, I really like the 'magazine' name. It's not frequently used in > this kind of context and it conjures up a nice mental image whether it > be of stacks of periodicals or firearm ammunition clips.
The term "magazine" was prominently used in the Bonwick article that was the base of the creation of the SLAB allocator.
http://static.usenix.org/event/usenix01/full_papers/bonwick/bonwick.pdf
http://static.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/bos94/full_papers/bonwick.a
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