From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Subject: Re: [patch] Change Networking mibs to use kmalloc_percpu -- 1/3 Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2002 20:34:27 -0200 Sender: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com Message-ID: <20021204223427.GA23578@conectiva.com.br> References: <20021204180510.C17375@in.ibm.com> <20021204.090152.97851491.davem@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: kiran@in.ibm.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@oss.sgi.com, akpm@digeo.com, dipankar@in.ibm.com Return-path: To: "David S. Miller" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021204.090152.97851491.davem@redhat.com> Errors-to: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Em Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 09:01:52AM -0800, David S. Miller escreveu: > From: Ravikiran G Thirumalai > Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2002 18:05:10 +0530 > > Here's a patchset to enable networking mibs to use kmalloc_percpu instead > of the traditional padded NR_CPUS arrays. > > Advantages: > 1. Removes NR_CPUS bloat due to static definition > 2. Can support node local allocation > 3. Will work with modules > > I totally support this work. Once the kmalloc percpu bits hit > Linus's tree, just retransmit these diffs to me privately and > I'll put them into my net-2.5 tree. Cool stuff! I was planning to macroise this so that things like this would be possible without source impact but now its just there, keep it up :-) - Arnaldo