linux-kernel - Re: [UnifiedV4 00/16] The Unified slab allocator (V4)

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Message-ID: <20101013134656.GP30667@csn.ul.ie>
Date:	Wed, 13 Oct 2010 14:46:56 +0100
From:	Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>
To:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>
Cc:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	npiggin@...nel.dk, yanmin_zhang@...ux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [UnifiedV4 00/16] The Unified slab allocator (V4)

On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 10:16:45AM +0300, Pekka Enberg wrote:
>  On 10/12/10 9:25 PM, Mel Gorman wrote:
>> On Wed, Oct 06, 2010 at 11:01:35AM +0300, Pekka Enberg wrote:
>>> (Adding more people who've taken interest in slab performance in the
>>> past to CC.)
>>>
>> I have not come even close to reviewing this yet but I made a start on
>> putting it through a series of tests. It fails to build on ppc64
>>
>>    CC      mm/slub.o
>> mm/slub.c:1477: warning: 'drain_alien_caches' declared inline after being called
>> mm/slub.c:1477: warning: previous declaration of 'drain_alien_caches' was here
>
> Can you try the attached patch to see if it fixes the problem?

I didn't resend it though testing and I don't have my hands on the tree
right now but your patch looks reasonable.

-- 
Mel Gorman
Part-time Phd Student                          Linux Technology Center
University of Limerick                         IBM Dublin Software Lab
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