From: David Mosberger <davidm@napali.hpl.hp.com>
To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Patch 1/3] Reclaim pmd and pte entries to quicklists.
Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2005 21:21:05 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <16934.11841.391406.192152@napali.hpl.hp.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20050226142541.GE10965@lnx-holt.americas.sgi.com>
>>>>> On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 14:44:37 -0600, Robin Holt <holt@sgi.com> said:
>> pgd_alloc:
>> ... pgd = alloc_one_fast(mm, PTRS_PER_PGD * sizeof(pgd_t));
Robin> Since the size of page tables does not change on a running
Robin> system, would you accept three BUG_ONs in mm/init.c that
Robin> check pgd, pmd, and pte allocation sizes? That will be
Robin> clearer and definitely not have any chance of impacting
Robin> runtime.
I suppose that's OK. I still think the above interface is clearer,
but understand that the impact would be bigger on the existing patch.
--david
prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-03-02 21:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-02-26 14:25 [Patch 1/3] Reclaim pmd and pte entries to quicklists Robin Holt
2005-03-01 19:23 ` David Mosberger
2005-03-01 21:10 ` Robin Holt
2005-03-02 17:36 ` David Mosberger
2005-03-02 18:33 ` Robin Holt
2005-03-02 18:43 ` David Mosberger
2005-03-02 20:44 ` Robin Holt
2005-03-02 21:21 ` David Mosberger [this message]
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