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From: Robin Holt <holt@sgi.com>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Robin Holt <holt@sgi.com>, Jack Steiner <steiner@sgi.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
	x86@kernel.org, Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@amd.com>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Stable Maintainers <stable@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Patch] numa:x86_64: Cacheline aliasing makes for_each_populated_zone extremely expensive -V2.
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:08:15 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100825110815.GD3220@sgi.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4C72EB41.9000002@zytor.com>

> So yes, this means adding an interface to the e820 allocator, even
> though it's scheduled to be replaced.  Because the new implementation
> will see the new interface and know they have to implement it, and the
> interface will make it clear just what exactly is expected of the
> implementation.

What is the new allocator called?  Who is developing it?  When do you
expect it to be introduced into the kernel?

Thanks,
Robin

  reply	other threads:[~2010-08-25 11:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-08-18 16:56 [Patch] numa:x86_64: Cacheline aliasing makes for_each_populated_zone extremely expensive Robin Holt
2010-08-18 18:30 ` [Patch] numa:x86_64: Cacheline aliasing makes for_each_populated_zone extremely expensive -V2 Robin Holt
2010-08-19 17:30   ` Roedel, Joerg
2010-08-19 20:42     ` Robin Holt
2010-08-19 22:02       ` Robin Holt
2010-08-19 22:54   ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-08-20 13:58     ` Robin Holt
2010-08-20 15:03       ` Robin Holt
2010-08-20 16:16         ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-08-21 13:07           ` Robin Holt
2010-08-23 21:42             ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-08-25 11:08               ` Robin Holt [this message]
2010-08-25 18:56                 ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-08-25 21:49                   ` Yinghai Lu

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