Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757404AbZF2WgB (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:36:01 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752298AbZF2Wfy (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:35:54 -0400 Received: from smtp3.ultrahosting.com ([74.213.175.254]:42246 "EHLO smtp.ultrahosting.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752119AbZF2Wfx (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:35:53 -0400 Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:35:49 -0400 (EDT) From: Christoph Lameter X-X-Sender: cl@gentwo.org To: Eric Sandeen cc: Pekka J Enberg , Theodore Tso , Andreas Dilger , David Rientjes , Andrew Morton , Linus Torvalds , arjan@infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, npiggin@suse.de, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: upcoming kerneloops.org item: get_page_from_freelist In-Reply-To: <4A493029.40601@redhat.com> Message-ID: References: <20090624150714.c7264768.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20090625132544.GB9995@mit.edu> <20090625193806.GA6472@mit.edu> <20090625194423.GB6472@mit.edu> <20090625203743.GD6472@mit.edu> <20090625212628.GO3385@webber.adilger.int> <20090625220504.GG6472@mit.edu> <4A43F60D.2040801@redhat.com> <20090626011155.GI6472@mit.edu> <4A44DE14.2080403@redhat.com> <4A493029.40601@redhat.com> User-Agent: Alpine 1.10 (DEB 962 2008-03-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 857 Lines: 22 On Mon, 29 Jun 2009, Eric Sandeen wrote: > > Isnt the problem that the slab allocator did not align something that > > you did not request to be aligned? > > Well, maybe that's all I needed. At the risk of exposing myself to > ridicule, here's the commit: > > 7fcba054373d5dfc43d26e243a5c9b92069972ee > > Was there a better way? No. Good patch. Indeed the right way. Page allocations come from the page allocator not from the slab allocator (yes yes there are still issues with the performance of the page allocator that sometimes dictate the use of the slabs but in general I think this is what is needed). -- 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/