linux-kernel - Re: Patch workqueue: create new slab cache instead of hacking

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Date:	Wed, 21 Mar 2012 09:09:10 -0700
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
Cc:	Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: Patch workqueue: create new slab cache instead of hacking

On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 09:12:04AM -0500, Christoph Lameter wrote:
> How about this instead?
> 
> Subject: workqueues: Use new kmem cache to get aligned memory for workqueues
> 
> The workqueue logic currently improvises by doing a kmalloc allocation and
> then aligning the object. Create a slab cache for that purpose with the
> proper alignment instead.
> 
> Cleans up the code and makes things much simpler. No need anymore to carry
> an additional pointer to the beginning of the kmalloc object.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>

I don't know.  At this point, this is only for singlethread and
unbound workqueues and we don't have too many of them left at this
point.  I'd like to avoid creating a slab cache for this.  How about
just leaving it be?  If we develop other use cases for larger
alignments, let's worry about implementing something common then.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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