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

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Message-ID: <20070104211543.GA21917@lst.de>
Date:	Thu, 4 Jan 2007 22:15:43 +0100
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:	Pekka J Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
Cc:	akpm@...l.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, apw@...dowen.org,
	hch@....de, manfred@...orfullife.com, christoph@...eter.com,
	pj@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] slab: cache alloc cleanups

On Tue, Jan 02, 2007 at 03:47:06PM +0200, 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.

Seems to work nicely on my 2node cell blade. 

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