Re: [RFC PATCH] greatly reduce SLOB external fragmentation

Andi Kleen
2008-01-10T18:10:48Z

> I would suggest that if you guys are really serious about memory use, try
> to do a size-based heap thing, and do best-fit in that heap. Or just some

iirc best fit usually also has some nasty long term fragmentation behaviour.
That is why it is usually also not used.

-Andi