Re: [patch 01/28] cpu alloc: The allocator

David Miller
2007-11-14T02:02:17Z

From: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:57:15 -0800 (PST)

> Hmmmm. cpu_alloc really does not need zeroed data. Just an address
> fixed by the compiler where stuff can be put. Can the loader do that
> somehow?

Yes, and I think IA64 uses such a scheme for it's 64KB fixed
per-cpu TLB mapping thing doesn't it?