linux-kernel - Re: [Q] Default SLAB allocator

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Date:	Tue, 16 Oct 2012 18:54:44 +0000
From:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
To:	Ezequiel Garcia <elezegarcia@...il.com>
cc:	Tim Bird <tim.bird@...sony.com>,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	"celinux-dev@...ts.celinuxforum.org" 
	<celinux-dev@...ts.celinuxforum.org>
Subject: Re: [Q] Default SLAB allocator

On Tue, 16 Oct 2012, Ezequiel Garcia wrote:

> It might be worth reminding that very small systems can use SLOB
> allocator, which does not suffer from this kind of fragmentation.

Well, I have never seen non experimental systems that use SLOB. Others
have claimed they exist.


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