linux-kernel - Re: [patch 02/23] SLUB: Rename NUMA defrag_ratio to remote_node_defrag

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Message-ID: <20071108230841.GZ19691@waste.org>
Date:	Thu, 8 Nov 2007 17:08:41 -0600
From:	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>
To:	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
Cc:	Mel Gorman <mel@...net.ie>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [patch 02/23] SLUB: Rename NUMA defrag_ratio to remote_node_defrag_ratio

On Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 01:28:31PM -0800, Christoph Lameter wrote:
> On Thu, 8 Nov 2007, Matt Mackall wrote:
> 
> > But perhaps I should just add a lightweight RNG to random.c and be
> > done with it.
> 
> It would be appreciated.

As someone pointed out privately, there's a random32() in lib/random32.c.

Unfortunately, this function is too heavy for many fast-path uses and
too weak for most other uses. I'll see if I can come up with something
better..

-- 
Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time.
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