linux-kernel - Re: [patch 11/26] SLUB: Add support for kmem_cache

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0706191531330.7633@schroedinger.engr.sgi.com>
Date:	Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:32:05 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
To:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, suresh.b.siddha@...el.com
Subject: Re: [patch 11/26] SLUB: Add support for kmem_cache_ops

On Tue, 19 Jun 2007, Pekka Enberg wrote:

> On 6/18/07, clameter@....com <clameter@....com> wrote:
> > We use the parameter formerly used by the destructor to pass an optional
> > pointer to a kmem_cache_ops structure to kmem_cache_create.
> > 
> > kmem_cache_ops is created as empty. Later patches populate kmem_cache_ops.
> 
> I like kmem_cache_ops but I don't like this patch. I know its painful
> but we really want the introduction patch to fixup the API (move ctor
> to kmem_cache_ops and do the callers).

That can be done later. The effort does not increase because of this 
patch. If you have the time please do such a patch.

 
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