Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264639AbUJGPJg (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Oct 2004 11:09:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267360AbUJGPJ0 (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Oct 2004 11:09:26 -0400 Received: from fmr11.intel.com ([192.55.52.31]:59789 "EHLO fmsfmr004.fm.intel.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266892AbUJGPGD convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Oct 2004 11:06:03 -0400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5.7226.0 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Subject: RE: [Lhms-devel] Re: [PATCH] no buddy bitmap patch : intro and includes [0/2] Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 08:03:22 -0700 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [Lhms-devel] Re: [PATCH] no buddy bitmap patch : intro and includes [0/2] Thread-Index: AcSsfNYHCgTZJDWlRb2nHCtO25pZfgAAbjCg From: "Tolentino, Matthew E" To: "Martin J. Bligh" , "Hiroyuki KAMEZAWA" , "Linux Kernel ML" Cc: "linux-mm" , "LHMS" , "Andrew Morton" , "William Lee Irwin III" , "Luck, Tony" , "Dave Hansen" , "Hirokazu Takahashi" X-OriginalArrivalTime: 07 Oct 2004 15:03:27.0012 (UTC) FILETIME=[CC819E40:01C4AC7E] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 661 Lines: 19 >> Followings are patches for removing bitmaps from buddy >allocator, against 2.6.9-rc3. >> I think this version is much clearer than ones I posted a month ago. >... >> If there is unclear point, please tell me. > >What was the purpose behind this, again? Sorry, has been too long since >I last looked. > For one, it avoids the otherwise requisite resizing of the bitmaps during memory hotplug operations... matt - 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/