linux-kernel - Re: [patch 04/26] Slab allocators: Support __GFP

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Date:	Mon, 18 Jun 2007 09:17:11 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
To:	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>
cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	suresh.b.siddha@...el.com
Subject: Re: [patch 04/26] Slab allocators: Support __GFP_ZERO in all
 allocators.

On Mon, 18 Jun 2007, Paul Mundt wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 02:58:42AM -0700, clameter@....com wrote:
> > So add the necessary logic to all slab allocators to support __GFP_ZERO.
> > 
> Does this mean I should update my SLOB NUMA support patch? ;-)

Hehehe. Its not merged yet. Sorry about the fluidity here. The 
discussion with you triggered some thought processes on the 
consistency issues with zeroing in allocators.


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