linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] kmem_cache: include allocators code directly into slab

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Date:	Wed, 24 Oct 2012 19:34:26 +0000
From:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
To:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>
cc:	Glauber Costa <glommer@...allels.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Joonsoo Kim <js1304@...il.com>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] kmem_cache: include allocators code directly into
 slab_common

On Wed, 24 Oct 2012, Pekka Enberg wrote:

> So I hate this patch with a passion. We don't have any fastpaths in
> mm/slab_common.c nor should we. Those should be allocator specific.

I have similar thoughts on the issue. Lets keep the fast paths allocator
specific until we find a better way to handle this issue.

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