linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 0/4] [RFC] slub: Fastpath optimization (especially for RT)

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.11.1410240901020.26767@gentwo.org>
Date:	Fri, 24 Oct 2014 09:02:18 -0500 (CDT)
From:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
To:	Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>
cc:	akpm@...uxfoundation.org, rostedt@...dmis.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, penberg@...nel.org, iamjoonsoo@....com
Subject: Re: [RFC 0/4] [RFC] slub: Fastpath optimization (especially for
 RT)

On Fri, 24 Oct 2014, Joonsoo Kim wrote:

> In this case, object from cpu1's cpu_cache should be
> different with cpu0's, so allocation would be failed.

That is true for most object pointers unless the value is NULL. Which it
can be. But if this is the only case then the second patch + your approach
would work too.


--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/