linux-kernel - Re: SLUB defrag pull request?

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0810221619310.29044@quilx.com>
Date:	Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:20:35 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
cc:	penberg@...helsinki.fi, nickpiggin@...oo.com.au, hugh@...itas.com,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: SLUB defrag pull request?

On Thu, 23 Oct 2008, Miklos Szeredi wrote:

> So again, just checking d_lru should do work fine.  There's absolutely
> no need to mess with extra references in a separate phase, which leads
> to lots of complications.

Then try it the way I outlined it by skipping the get() stage. You just 
need to add checks for the poison in case debugging is on and then you 
should be fine.

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