Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758168AbXKCTF0 (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Nov 2007 15:05:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755369AbXKCTFM (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Nov 2007 15:05:12 -0400 Received: from extu-mxob-2.symantec.com ([216.10.194.135]:38192 "EHLO extu-mxob-2.symantec.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755023AbXKCTFK (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Nov 2007 15:05:10 -0400 Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 19:04:35 +0000 (GMT) From: Hugh Dickins X-X-Sender: hugh@blonde.wat.veritas.com To: Christoph Lameter cc: Linus Torvalds , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] slub: fix leakage In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 807 Lines: 24 On Sat, 3 Nov 2007, Christoph Lameter wrote: > On Sat, 3 Nov 2007, Hugh Dickins wrote: > > > Which fixes the leakage: Objects and Partials then remain stable. > > Well this code is just an optimization for a rare case. > Your patch may not handle the debug situation the right way. Oh? How? > We could just remove it. Hmm, that does seem a possibility. It is going to increase the number of partials in use, but they should go away later once they fall out of use (in a repetitive test like mine). I'll give it a try overnight and report back then. Hugh - 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/