Re: [PATCH] - Allocate larger cache_cache if order 0 fails

[Jack Steiner <steiner@sgi.com>]

On Tue, Mar 07, 2006 at 09:36:04PM +0200, Pekka Enberg wrote:
> Hi Jack,
> 
> On 3/7/06, Jack Steiner <steiner@sgi.com> wrote:
> > -       cache_estimate(0, cache_cache.buffer_size, cache_line_size(), 0,
> > -                      &left_over, &cache_cache.num);
> > +       for (order = 0; order < MAX_ORDER; order++) {
> > +               cache_estimate(order, cache_cache.buffer_size, cache_line_size(), 0,
> > +                       &left_over, &cache_cache.num);
> > +               if (cache_cache.num)
> > +                       break;
> > +       }
> 
> Any reason why you can't use calculate_slab_order() here?
> 
>                                    Pekka

I think either will work & the amount of code is about the same. 

I chose the above because it was easier to see that change had no effect 
on existing platforms.

Does anyone see a compelling reason for a different but equivalent implementation??

---
Jack