From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:25:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Christoph Lameter Subject: Re: [patch 14/14] bufferhead: Revert constructor removal In-Reply-To: <20071022143147.03de69ca.akpm@linux-foundation.org> Message-ID: References: <20070925232543.036615409@sgi.com> <20070925233008.731010041@sgi.com> <20071022143147.03de69ca.akpm@linux-foundation.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: Andrew Morton Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: On Mon, 22 Oct 2007, Andrew Morton wrote: > So I see no need for this patch? Shouldn't it be part of a slab-defrag > patch series? It could be part of it. However, I think we mistakenly merged the removal of the constuctor into a cleanup patch. You had a test that showed that the removal of the constructor led to a small regression. The prior state makes things easier for slab defrag. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org