linux-kernel - Re: Convert Functions to Slabs in ipmi

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Date:	Wed, 17 Dec 2014 07:11:26 -0600
From:	Corey Minyard <minyard@....org>
To:	nick <xerofoify@...il.com>
CC:	openipmi-developer@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Convert Functions to Slabs in ipmi_msghandler.c

On 12/16/2014 12:33 PM, nick wrote:
> Greetings Corey,
> You stated in a TODO that someone needs to convert some functions to slabs. Unfortunately, I am unsure of all the functions you wish to convert to slabs in this file, as I can only use one or two that need to be converted from
> my reading of the functions below this TODO.

I'm not sure this is very important (which is why it hasn't been done). 
There can't be more than a few IPMI messages allocated at any one time,
so a slab would probably be a waste.  I'm going to remove that FIXME.

-corey
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