linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -mm] add a kmem

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Message-Id: <20070619113501.a88bba50.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Tue, 19 Jun 2007 11:35:01 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Cedric Le Goater <clg@...ibm.com>,
	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Herbert Poetzl <herbert@...hfloor.at>,
	Pavel Emelianov <xemul@...nvz.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm] add a kmem_cache for nsproxy objects

On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 22:53:13 +0200
Cedric Le Goater <clg@...ibm.com> wrote:

> +static int __init nsproxy_cache_init(void)
> +{
> +	nsproxy_cachep = kmem_cache_create("nsproxy", sizeof(struct nsproxy),
> +					   0, SLAB_PANIC, NULL, NULL);
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +

Christoph added this cheesy KMEM_CACHE macro.  But I don't immediately recall
the rationale so I'm a bit reluctant to ask people to use-the-cheesy-macro.

Perhaps he can remind us why it is there?
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