linux-kernel - Re: Repeated fork() causes SLAB to grow without bound

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Message-ID: <m2d32l95tn.fsf@firstfloor.org>
Date:	Mon, 20 Aug 2012 04:11:00 -0700
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Michel Lespinasse <walken@...gle.com>
Cc:	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>, Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Daniel Forrest <dan.forrest@...c.wisc.edu>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: Repeated fork() causes SLAB to grow without bound

Michel Lespinasse <walken@...gle.com> writes:
>
> I would still prefer if we could just remove the anon_vma_chain stuff, though.

Would probably help with the fork locking problems too. 
We never really recovered from that regression.

-Andi

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