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From: David Chinner <dgc@sgi.com>
Subject: Re: SLUB Allocator?
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On Thu, Jun 21, 2007 at 12:42:03PM -0400, Justin Piszcz wrote:
> Is there any XFS filesystem performance benefit using the new SLUB 
> allocator?

/me shrugs

When it grows memory defrag of caches, yes. Otherwise I can't
see there being any noticable difference.

Cheers,

Dave.
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Dave Chinner
Principal Engineer
SGI Australian Software Group