linux-kernel - Re: [SLUB 2/3] Large kmalloc pass through. Removal of large general slabs

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0703061920090.21854@schroedinger.engr.sgi.com>
Date:	Tue, 6 Mar 2007 19:22:15 -0800 (PST)
From:	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
To:	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>
cc:	akpm@...l.org, Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo@...ck.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	Manfred Spraul <manfred@...orfullife.com>
Subject: Re: [SLUB 2/3] Large kmalloc pass through. Removal of large general
 slabs

On Tue, 6 Mar 2007, Matt Mackall wrote:

> I've been meaning to do this in SLOB as well. Perhaps it warrants
> doing in stock kmalloc? I've got a grand total of 18 of these objects
> here.

The number increases with the number numa nodes. We have had trouble with
the maximum kmalloc size before and this will get rid of it for good.
 
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