Re: [PATCH] Cpuset: rcu optimization of page alloc hook

Christoph Lameter
2005-12-13T18:08:16Z

On Tue, 13 Dec 2005, Eric Dumazet wrote:

> If this variable is not frequently used, why then define its own cache ?
>
> Ie why not use kmalloc() and let kernel use a general cache ?

I was also wondering why Paul switched to use the slab allocator. One
reason may have been to simplify rcu?