Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751010AbWHPImx (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Aug 2006 04:42:53 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751011AbWHPImx (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Aug 2006 04:42:53 -0400 Received: from waste.org ([66.93.16.53]:5788 "EHLO waste.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751009AbWHPImw (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Aug 2006 04:42:52 -0400 Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 03:41:19 -0500 From: Matt Mackall To: Andi Kleen Cc: Christoph Lameter , Marcelo Tosatti , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Nick Piggin , Andi Kleen , Manfred Spraul , Dave Chinner Subject: Re: [MODSLAB 0/7] A modular slab allocator V1 Message-ID: <20060816084119.GW6908@waste.org> References: <20060816022238.13379.24081.sendpatchset@schroedinger.engr.sgi.com> <20060816095254.14ac872c.ak@muc.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060816095254.14ac872c.ak@muc.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 723 Lines: 18 On Wed, Aug 16, 2006 at 09:52:54AM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: > > 1. shrink_slab takes a function to move object. Using that > > function slabs can be defragmented to ease slab reclaim. > > Does that help with the inefficient dcache/icache pruning? There was a fair amount of debate on this at the VM summit. The approach we thought was most promising started with splitting the dcache into directory and leaf entries. -- Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time. - 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/