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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0705110914000.19153@schroedinger.engr.sgi.com>
Date:	Fri, 11 May 2007 09:15:58 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
To:	William Lee Irwin III <wli@...omorphy.com>
cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>,
	Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: slub-i386-support.patch

On Fri, 11 May 2007, William Lee Irwin III wrote:

> My summary:
> (1) The patch is safe-as is, though it should move its hook elsewhere.
> (2) Scribbling on the memory still irks me but is safe.
> (3) I should redo the i386 pgd updates to suck less.
> (4) Christoph might let me change quicklists to use struct page pointers.

I am fine with you working on it. You just need to coordinate with the 7 
or so arches that are now using quicklists.

> Christoph wants to update the core quicklist code or have me update
> it according to the cached precomputed value scheme I outlined in a
> prior post before its initial merge. I'll prepare all the patches for
> comment regardless.

I am fine with you updating the quicklist code since I have currently no 
plans on doing more there. Just be sure to coordinate with all quicklists 
users please.
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