Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 5 Dec 2002 16:17:17 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 5 Dec 2002 16:16:21 -0500 Received: from [202.88.171.30] ([202.88.171.30]:58807 "EHLO dikhow.hathway.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 5 Dec 2002 16:15:42 -0500 Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 02:53:07 +0530 From: Dipankar Sarma To: Andrew Morton Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Rusty Russell , Ravikiran G Thirumalai Subject: Re: [patch] kmalloc_percpu -- 2 of 2 Message-ID: <20021206025307.A20657@dikhow> Reply-To: dipankar@gamebox.net References: <20021204174209.A17375@in.ibm.com> <20021204174550.B17375@in.ibm.com> <3DEE58CB.737259DB@digeo.com> <20021205091217.A11438@in.ibm.com> <3DEED6FA.B179FAFD@digeo.com> <20021205162329.A12588@in.ibm.com> <3DEFB0EB.9893DB9@digeo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <3DEFB0EB.9893DB9@digeo.com>; from akpm@digeo.com on Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 09:10:16PM +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 692 Lines: 18 On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 09:10:16PM +0100, Andrew Morton wrote: > > I'd suggest that you drop the new allocator until a compelling > need for it (in real, live 2.5/2.6 code) has been demonstrated. Fine with me since atleast one workaround for fragmentation with small allocations is known. I can't see anything in 2.5 timeframe requiring small per-cpu allocations. Would you like me to resubmit a simple kmalloc-only version ? Thanks Dipankar - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/