linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/5] ide-tape: improve buffer allocation strategy

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Date:	Thu, 3 Apr 2008 23:32:29 +0200
From:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
To:	Borislav Petkov <petkovbb@...glemail.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
	Borislav Petkov <petkovbb@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] ide-tape: improve buffer allocation strategy


Hi,

On Saturday 29 March 2008, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> Instead of allocating pages for the buffer one by one, take advantage of the
> buddy alloc system and request them 2^order at a time. This increases the chance
> for bigger buffer parts to be contigious and reduces loop iteration count. While
> at it, rename function __idetape_kmalloc_stage() to ide_tape_kmalloc_buffer().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <petkovbb@...il.com>

applied patches #1-4
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