linux-kernel - Re: [rfc][patch 1/3] slub: fix small HWCACHE

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0803061956390.532@schroedinger.engr.sgi.com>
Date:	Thu, 6 Mar 2008 19:58:06 -0800 (PST)
From:	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
To:	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>
cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, yanmin_zhang@...ux.intel.com,
	dada1@...mosbay.com
Subject: Re: [rfc][patch 1/3] slub: fix small HWCACHE_ALIGN alignment

On Fri, 7 Mar 2008, Nick Piggin wrote:

> Where do I argue that it reduces cacheline contention? All arguments
> I made apply to a UP system equally.

Huh? I thought you wanted to avoid cacheline alignment on UP to save 
memory?


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