linux-kernel - Re: SLUB: The unqueued Slab allocator

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Date:	Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:42:23 -0800 (PST)
From:	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: SLUB: The unqueued Slab allocator

On Thu, 22 Feb 2007, Andi Kleen wrote:

> >    SLUB does not need a cache reaper for UP systems.
> 
> This means constructors/destructors are becomming worthless? 
> Can you describe your rationale why you think they don't make
> sense on UP?

Cache reaping has nothing to do with constructors and destructors. SLUB 
fully supports constructors and destructors.

> > G. Slab merging
> > 
> >    We often have slab caches with similar parameters. SLUB detects those
> >    on bootup and merges them into the corresponding general caches. This
> >    leads to more effective memory use.
> 
> Did you do any tests on what that does to long term memory fragmentation?
> It is against the "object of same type have similar livetime and should
> be clustered together" theory at least.

I have done no tests in that regard and we would have to assess the impact 
that the merging has to overall system behavior.

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