linux-kernel - Re: [patch] SLQB slab allocator

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Message-ID: <20090123033520.GC20098@wotan.suse.de>
Date:	Fri, 23 Jan 2009 04:35:20 +0100
From:	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	Linux Memory Management List <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@...el.com>,
	"Zhang, Yanmin" <yanmin_zhang@...ux.intel.com>,
	Christoph Lameter <clameter@...r.sgi.com>
Subject: Re: [patch] SLQB slab allocator

On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 09:59:30AM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> One thing you might consider is that
> Q is visually close enough to O to be
> misread.
> 
> Perhaps a different letter would be good.

That's a fair point. Hugh dislikes it too, I see ;) What to do... I
had been toying with the idea that if slqb (or slub) becomes "the"
allocator, then we could rename it all back to slAb after replacing
the existing slab?

Or I could make it a 128 bit allocator and call it SLZB, which would
definitely make it "the final" allocator ;)
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