From: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>
To: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com>
Cc: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Linux Memory Management List <linux-mm@kvack.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 1/3] slob: rework freelist handling
Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 07:22:06 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070523052206.GD29045@wotan.suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0705222212200.3232@schroedinger.engr.sgi.com>
On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 10:14:28PM -0700, Christoph Lameter wrote:
> On Wed, 23 May 2007, Nick Piggin wrote:
>
> > I don't really know what you mean by this... CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG adds 20K or
> > so to the kernel image if nothing else, which just makes a comparison
> > more difficult. But to me it seems like CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG also puts extra
> > redzone in the object sometimes.
>
> CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG compiles debug code in. It is out of line and activated
> if you boot with "slub_debug". If you do not specify "slub_debug" then the
> system will run with optimal speed and pack data as tight as possible.
>
> This is intended for distro kernels so that you will not have to rebuild
> the kernel for slab debugging if slab corruption occurs.
OIC, neat. Anyway, the code size issue is still there, so I will
test with the fix instead.
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Thread overview: 66+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-05-22 7:39 [patch 1/3] slob: rework freelist handling Nick Piggin
2007-05-22 7:39 ` [patch 2/3] slob: remove bigblock tracking Nick Piggin
2007-05-22 7:41 ` [patch 3/3] slob: improved alignment handling Nick Piggin
2007-05-22 14:53 ` [patch 1/3] slob: rework freelist handling Matt Mackall
2007-05-22 19:18 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-05-23 3:06 ` Nick Piggin
2007-05-23 4:55 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-05-23 4:59 ` Nick Piggin
2007-05-23 5:01 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-05-23 5:03 ` Nick Piggin
2007-05-23 5:06 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-05-23 5:11 ` Nick Piggin
2007-05-23 5:14 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-05-23 5:22 ` Nick Piggin [this message]
2007-05-23 5:28 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-05-23 6:17 ` Nick Piggin
2007-05-23 6:28 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-05-23 7:12 ` Nick Piggin
2007-05-23 17:03 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-05-23 18:32 ` Matt Mackall
2007-05-23 19:15 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-05-23 19:58 ` Matt Mackall
2007-05-23 20:02 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-05-23 20:16 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-05-23 21:14 ` Matt Mackall
2007-05-23 21:06 ` Matt Mackall
2007-05-23 22:26 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-05-23 22:42 ` Matt Mackall
2007-05-23 22:48 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-05-24 2:05 ` Nick Piggin
2007-05-24 2:45 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-05-24 2:47 ` Nick Piggin
2007-05-24 2:55 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-05-24 3:17 ` Nick Piggin
2007-05-24 2:49 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-05-24 3:15 ` Nick Piggin
2007-05-24 3:51 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-05-24 6:11 ` Matt Mackall
2007-05-24 16:36 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-05-24 17:22 ` Matt Mackall
2007-05-24 17:27 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-05-24 17:44 ` Matt Mackall
2007-05-23 6:38 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-05-23 7:18 ` Nick Piggin
2007-05-23 17:06 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-05-23 7:46 ` Nick Piggin
2007-05-23 17:07 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-05-23 19:35 ` Matt Mackall
2007-05-23 19:59 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-05-23 20:51 ` Matt Mackall
2007-05-24 3:39 ` Nick Piggin
2007-05-24 3:55 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-05-24 4:13 ` Nick Piggin
2007-05-24 4:23 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-05-24 4:31 ` Nick Piggin
2007-05-24 4:35 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-05-24 4:39 ` Nick Piggin
2007-05-24 4:46 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-05-24 4:49 ` Nick Piggin
2007-05-24 5:07 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-05-24 3:24 ` Nick Piggin
2007-05-24 3:49 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-05-24 4:01 ` Nick Piggin
2007-05-24 4:05 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-05-24 4:24 ` Nick Piggin
2007-05-23 18:04 ` Christoph Lameter
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