linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/7] mm: introduce simple_malloc()/simple

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Message-Id: <20081116.002331.203400963.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:23:31 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	arjan@...radead.org
Cc:	laijs@...fujitsu.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, menage@...gle.com,
	kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com, balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	jens.axboe@...cle.com, jack@...e.cz, jes@....com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] mm: introduce simple_malloc()/simple_free()

From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:53:09 -0800

> On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 13:35:03 +0800
> Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com> wrote:
> 
> > vmalloc() is not good for performance and increasing fragment.
> > but vmalloc() is need for some subsystems' alternative malloc,
> > like cgroup's tasks file and other subsystems(about 20 subsystems).
> 
> actually what you are pointing out is that these areas need improvement
> to not need such huge blocks of memory... but only a series of smaller
> blocks instead.

Like the IPSEC policy and state hash tables when hundreds of thousands
of rules become active?

You have to be joking.
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