linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [RFC] mm: slab: separate slab

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Date:	Thu, 12 Dec 2013 17:37:10 +0000
From:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
To:	Dave Hansen <dave@...1.net>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com, Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [RFC] mm: slab: separate slab_page from 'struct page'

On Tue, 10 Dec 2013, Dave Hansen wrote:

> See? *EVERYTHING* is overridden by at least one of the sl?b allocators
> except ->flags.  In other words, there *ARE* no relationships when it
> comes to the sl?bs, except for page->flags.

Slab objects can be used for I/O and then the page fields become
important.

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