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From: Damien Wyart <damien.wyart@gmail.com>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [git pull] vfs.git bits and pieces
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 23:42:54 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20131120224254.GA3939@brouette> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+55aFw_SuTAtTM0YTgiGf1pq4v4j5jbB1af=ExxjyFRbAJ4Ow@mail.gmail.com>

> > BTW, something odd happened to mm/memory.c - either a mangled patch
> > or a lost followup:

> >     commit ea1e7ed33708
> >     mm: create a separate slab for page->ptl allocation

> > Fair enough, and yes, it does create that separate slab. The problem
> > is, it's still using kmalloc/kfree for those beasts -
> > page_ptl_cachep isn't used at all...

* Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> [2013-11-20 14:33]:
> Ok, it looks straightforward enough to just replace the kmalloc/kfree
> with using a slab allocation using the page_ptl_cachep pointer. I'd do
> it myself, but I would like to know how it got lost? Also, much
> testing to make sure the cachep is initialized early enough.

The initial sending had the proper hunks at the end, so something really
got lost afterwards...
https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/10/22/129

-- 
Damien Wyart

      parent reply	other threads:[~2013-11-20 22:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-11-20 17:42 [git pull] vfs.git bits and pieces Al Viro
2013-11-20 17:47 ` Al Viro
2013-11-20 22:16   ` Al Viro
2013-11-20 22:24     ` Joe Perches
2013-11-20 22:33   ` Linus Torvalds
2013-11-20 22:40     ` Andrew Morton
2013-11-21 11:19       ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2013-11-20 22:42     ` Damien Wyart [this message]

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