Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 00:40:14 -0800
From: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com>
To: Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Cpuset: rcu optimization of page alloc hook
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Eric wrote:
> So for small objects (<= 256 bytes), you end with a sizeof(arracy_cache) = 
> 1024 bytes per cpu

A kbyte per cpu, for something 98% of systems will use -none- of.

Ouch.

All the more motivation for nuking cpuset_cache.

Patch coming in a minute.

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