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Message-ID: <20080110181315.GA1047@one.firstfloor.org>
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:13:15 +0100
From: Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Pekka J Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>,
Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>,
Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] greatly reduce SLOB external fragmentation
> I would suggest that if you guys are really serious about memory use, try
> to do a size-based heap thing, and do best-fit in that heap. Or just some
iirc best fit usually also has some nasty long term fragmentation behaviour.
That is why it is usually also not used.
-Andi
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