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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0710281509510.6766@sbz-30.cs.Helsinki.FI> Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 15:10:03 +0200 (EET) From: Pekka J Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi> To: Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com> cc: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org Subject: Re: [patch 04/10] SLUB: Avoid checking for a valid object before zeroing on the fast path On Sat, 27 Oct 2007, Christoph Lameter wrote: > The fast path always results in a valid object. Move the check > for the NULL pointer to the slow branch that calls > __slab_alloc. Only __slab_alloc can return NULL if there is no > memory available anymore and that case is exceedingly rare. Reviewed-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi> - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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