From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 21 Dec 2002 02:02:55 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 21 Dec 2002 02:02:55 -0500 Received: from pizda.ninka.net ([216.101.162.242]:47326 "EHLO pizda.ninka.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 21 Dec 2002 02:02:54 -0500 Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 23:05:28 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <20021220.230528.106417474.davem@redhat.com> To: kiran@in.ibm.com Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@oss.sgi.com, dipankar@in.ibm.com, akpm@digeo.com Subject: Re: [patch] Make rt_cache_stat use kmalloc_percpu From: "David S. Miller" In-Reply-To: <20021216192212.C26076@in.ibm.com> References: <20021216192212.C26076@in.ibm.com> X-FalunGong: Information control. X-Mailer: Mew version 2.1 on Emacs 21.1 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Ravikiran G Thirumalai Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 19:22:12 +0530 Here's another patch to use kmalloc_percpu. As usual, this removes NR_CPUS bloat, can work when modulized and helps node local allocation. I can't consider this seriously until the kmalloc_percpu stuff actually makes it into Linus's tree. Last I checked, Andrew had a lot of legitimate gripes with the ideas.