linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] eCryptfs - use page_alloc not kmalloc to get a page of memory

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Message-ID: <48907D36.20505@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:39:50 -0500
From:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mhalcrow@...ibm.com,
	stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] eCryptfs - use page_alloc not kmalloc to get a page of
 memory

Pekka Enberg wrote:

> Hmm, SLUB will use the page allocator directly for PAGE_CACHE_SIZE
> regadless of whether debugging is enabled or not...

Only until 2.6.24. SLUB uses page allocator for > PAGE_CACHE_SIZE


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