linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] slub: fix leakage

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Message-ID: <b6a2187b0711052215x26b1e7e5r9d5af339d21e854f@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 6 Nov 2007 14:15:54 +0800
From:	"Jeff Chua" <jeff.chua.linux@...il.com>
To:	"Christoph Lameter" <clameter@....com>
Cc:	"Hugh Dickins" <hugh@...itas.com>,
	"Olivér Pintér" <oliver.pntr@...il.com>,
	"Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Willy Tarreau" <w@....eu>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] slub: fix leakage

On Nov 6, 2007 2:45 AM, Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com> wrote:

> 1. We can avoid going back to the page allocator for awhile since we will
> find the almost free slab if the current slab is exhausted.

Does this impact SLAB as well? I'm getting out of memory with kernel
2.6.21, 2.6.22 and 2.6.23, so I'm stuck with 2.6.20-15 for systems
running Oracle. It only happens with lots of activities.

Jeff.
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