linux-kernel - Re: [14/14] vcompound: Avoid vmalloc for ehash

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Date:	Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:31:23 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	clameter@....com
Cc:	dada1@...mosbay.com, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [14/14] vcompound: Avoid vmalloc for ehash_locks

From: Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:03:51 -0700 (PDT)

> On Fri, 21 Mar 2008, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> 
> > But, isnt it defeating the purpose of this *particular* vmalloc() use ?
> 
> I thought that was controlled by hashdist? I did not see it used here and 
> so I assumed that the RR was not intended here.

It's intended for all of the major networking hash tables.
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