Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 11:41:31 -0800 (PST)
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
To: Tim Hockin <thockin@sun.com>
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Subject: Re: PATCH - NGROUPS 2.6.2rc2 + fixups
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On Thu, 29 Jan 2004, Tim Hockin wrote:
> 
> What think?

I still don't understand the complexity.

Why the list of pages? Is there really any valid use for this that could 
overflow a simple "kmalloc()"? How many groups do people really really 
need? 

I just find it wrong to go from 32 to millions. And a few thousand can
trivially be handled by a normal "kmalloc()".

Basically, I find overdesign physically nauseating. This is less so than 
the original stuff, but I'm still finding myself asking "Why?".

		Linus
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