linux-kernel - Re: [rfc PATCH]slub: per cpu partial statistics change

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1202070910320.29500@router.home>
Date:	Tue, 7 Feb 2012 09:12:48 -0600 (CST)
From:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
To:	"Alex,Shi" <alex.shi@...el.com>
cc:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: Re: [rfc PATCH]slub: per cpu partial statistics change

On Tue, 7 Feb 2012, Alex,Shi wrote:

> Yes, I want to account the unfreeze_partials（） actions in
> put_cpu_partial（). The unfreezing accounting isn't conflict or repeat
> with the cpu_partial_free accounting, since they are different actions
> for the PCP.

Well what is happening here is that the whole per cpu partial list is
moved back to the per node partial list.

CPU_PARTIAL_DRAIN_TO_NODE_PARTIAL ?

A bit long I think. CPU_PARTIAL_DRAIN?

UNFREEZE does not truly reflect what is going on here.