Re: [rfc][patch 1/3] slub: fix small HWCACHE_ALIGN alignment

Nick Piggin
2008-03-07T03:23:10Z

On Thu, Mar 06, 2008 at 07:18:54PM -0800, Christoph Lameter wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Mar 2008, Nick Piggin wrote:
>
> > No, it *is not about avoiding cacheline contention*. As such, the rest
> > of what you wrote below about smp_align etc is rubbish.
> >
> > Can you actually read what I posted?
>
> I am trying but it barely makes sense. You first state that it
> is *not* about avoiding cacheline contention and then argue that it
> reduces cacheline contention.

Where do I argue that it reduces cacheline contention? All arguments
I made apply to a UP system equally.