Re: [POLL] SLAB : Are the 32 and 192 bytes caches really usefull on x86_64 machines ?

Pekka J Enberg
2006-01-02T15:09:11Z

On Mon, 2 Jan 2006, Andi Kleen wrote:
> I wasn't proposing fully dynamic slabs, just a better default set
> of slabs based on real measurements instead of handwaving (like
> the power of two slabs seemed to have been generated). With separate
> sets for 32bit and 64bit.
>
> Also the goal wouldn't be better performance, but just less waste of memory.
>
> I suspect such a move could save much more memory on small systems
> than any of these "make fundamental debugging tools a CONFIG" patches ever.

I misunderstood what you were proposing. Sorry. It makes sense to measure
it.

Pekka