linux-kernel - Re: SLUB defrag pull request?

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Date:	Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:58:53 +0300
From:	"Pekka Enberg" <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
To:	"Christoph Lameter" <cl@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	"Miklos Szeredi" <miklos@...redi.hu>, nickpiggin@...oo.com.au,
	hugh@...itas.com, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: SLUB defrag pull request?

On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 4:40 PM, Christoph Lameter
<cl@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> Solid? What is not solid? The SLUB design was made in part because of the
> defrag problems that were not easy to solve with SLAB. The ability to lock
> down a slab allows stabilizing objects. We discussed solutions to the
> fragmentation problem for years and did not get anywhere with SLAB.

I'd assume he's talking about the Intel-reported regression that's yet
to be resolved.
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