linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] slab: cache alloc cleanups

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Date:	Tue, 02 Jan 2007 14:29:45 +0000
From:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>
To:	Pekka J Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
CC:	akpm@...l.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hch@....de,
	manfred@...orfullife.com, christoph@...eter.com, pj@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] slab: cache alloc cleanups

Pekka J Enberg wrote:
> [Andrew, I have been unable to find a NUMA-capable tester for this patch, 
>  so can we please put this in to -mm for some exposure?]
> 
> From: Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
> 
> This patch cleans up __cache_alloc and __cache_alloc_node functions.  We no
> longer need to do NUMA_BUILD tricks and the UMA allocation path is much
> simpler. Note: we now do alternate_node_alloc() for kmem_cache_alloc_node as
> well.

I'll push this through our tests here if that helps.  I need to rerun
the -rc2-mm1 tests by the looks of it ... looks like the test lab had
some time off over Christmas.

-apw
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