linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [percpu] Make the unit size of the first chunk the same as other chunks

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Message-ID: <20141027140826.GJ4436@htj.dyndns.org>
Date:	Mon, 27 Oct 2014 10:08:26 -0400
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Zhihui Zhang <zzhsuny@...il.com>
Cc:	cl@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [percpu] Make the unit size of the first chunk the same
 as other chunks

On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 11:05:58AM -0400, Zhihui Zhang wrote:
> Since we have already allocated the full unit size for the first chunk, we might as well use
> it so that the unit size are the same for all chunks. The page first chunk allocator already
> has this effect because it allocates one page at a time.

I'm not following.  Where do we allocate the full unit size for the
first chunk?

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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