linux-kernel - Re: [patch] slub: fix per cpu kmem_cache

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.10.0901281139300.7765@qirst.com>
Date:	Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:40:14 -0500 (EST)
From:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
cc:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] slub: fix per cpu kmem_cache_cpu array memory leak

On Wed, 28 Jan 2009, Pekka Enberg wrote:

> The bug has been there for a very long time and hasn't generated any bug
> reports so I think I'll just push it to mainline and leave it that.

Typically we do not run out of elements of the per cpu array.

Note that this code can be removed if we finally get a per cpu allocator.

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