Re: [RFC] free_area[] bitmap elimination [0/3]

Nigel Cunningham
2004-08-21T09:43:09Z

Hi.

On Sat, 2004-08-21 at 12:31, Hiroyuki KAMEZAWA wrote:
> Hi
>
> This patch removes bitmap from buddy allocator used in
> alloc_pages()/free_pages() in the kernel 2.6.8.1.

For what it's worth, I like the concept. Suspend 2 currently builds a
bitmap of free pages precisely because iterating through these lists is
slow. Getting the data directly from page structs will allow me to
remove some code.

Nigel
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