linux-kernel - Re: [patch 0/3] slub partial list thrashing performance degradation

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Message-Id: <1238395091.26742.24.camel@penberg-laptop>
Date:	Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:38:11 +0300
From:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
To:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
Cc:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@...oo.com.au>,
	Martin Bligh <mbligh@...gle.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 0/3] slub partial list thrashing performance degradation

On Sun, 2009-03-29 at 22:43 -0700, David Rientjes wrote:
> SLUB causes a performance degradation in comparison to SLAB when a
> workload has an object allocation and freeing pattern such that it spends
> more time in partial list handling than utilizing the fastpaths.

Christoph, Nick, any objections to merging this? The patches look sane
and the numbers convincing enough to me.

			Pekka

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