linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 0/3] Reduce searching in the page allocator fast-path

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.10.0908190747190.5621@gentwo.org>
Date:	Wed, 19 Aug 2009 07:48:12 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>
cc:	Linux Memory Management List <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/3] Reduce searching in the page allocator
 fast-path

On Wed, 19 Aug 2009, Mel Gorman wrote:

> Ok, I don't see this particular patch merged, is it in a merge queue somewhere?

The patch depends on Tejun's work to be merged that makes the per cpu
allocator available on all platforms. I believe that is in the queue for
2.6.32.

> After glancing through, I can see how it might help.  I'm going to drop patch
> 3 of this set that shuffles data from the PCP to the zone and take a closer
> look at those patches. Patch 1 and 2 of this set should still go ahead. Do
> you agree?

Yes.

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