* misc_cache_init
@ 2001-12-03 12:36 Frank Cornelis
2001-12-04 11:04 ` misc_cache_init Russell King
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From: Frank Cornelis @ 2001-12-03 12:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Linux Kernel Mailing list
Hi,
I looked at some past kernel mailings and it seems like some archs need
specific caches and others don't. In order to provide these
functionalities I suggest to add somewhere to init/main.c
misc_cache_init();
and provide an initial
#define misc_cache_init() do {} while (0)
for every architecture.
Anyone agrees on this?
Frank.
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2001-12-03 12:36 misc_cache_init Frank Cornelis
@ 2001-12-04 11:04 ` Russell King
2001-12-04 12:20 ` misc_cache_init Alan Cox
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From: Russell King @ 2001-12-04 11:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Frank Cornelis; +Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing list
On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 01:36:04PM +0100, Frank Cornelis wrote:
> I looked at some past kernel mailings and it seems like some archs need
> specific caches and others don't. In order to provide these
> functionalities I suggest to add somewhere to init/main.c
> misc_cache_init();
> and provide an initial
> #define misc_cache_init() do {} while (0)
> for every architecture.
> Anyone agrees on this?
We already have this under a slightly different name (Alan didn't merge it
into Linus' kernel though from what I remember): pgtable_cache_init.
This was used in -ac to initialise the ARM PTE slab, as well as the x86
PAE slabs immediately after the call to kmem_cache_sizes_init.
--
Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk) The developer of ARM Linux
http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html
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2001-12-04 11:04 ` misc_cache_init Russell King
@ 2001-12-04 12:20 ` Alan Cox
2001-12-06 14:51 ` misc_cache_init Frank Cornelis
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From: Alan Cox @ 2001-12-04 12:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Russell King; +Cc: Frank Cornelis, Linux Kernel Mailing list
> We already have this under a slightly different name (Alan didn't merge it
> into Linus' kernel though from what I remember): pgtable_cache_init.
I started merging it then Linus said no more low priority bits
> This was used in -ac to initialise the ARM PTE slab, as well as the x86
> PAE slabs immediately after the call to kmem_cache_sizes_init.
its in Marcelo's tree I believe.
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* Re: misc_cache_init
2001-12-04 12:20 ` misc_cache_init Alan Cox
@ 2001-12-06 14:51 ` Frank Cornelis
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From: Frank Cornelis @ 2001-12-06 14:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Alan Cox; +Cc: Russell King, Linux Kernel Mailing list
Hi,
> > We already have this under a slightly different name (Alan didn't merge it
> > into Linus' kernel though from what I remember): pgtable_cache_init.
>
> I started merging it then Linus said no more low priority bits
>
> > This was used in -ac to initialise the ARM PTE slab, as well as the x86
> > PAE slabs immediately after the call to kmem_cache_sizes_init.
>
> its in Marcelo's tree I believe.
mmm... pgtable_cache_init is there for initing the pgtable cache, not
other misc caches; it would be confusing start putting other cache inits
inthere. Anyway I already solved my problem using
__initcall(my_cache_init_func);
which is a nice way to init stuff.
Frank.
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