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Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2016 16:35:46 -0700
From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v8 1/9] Restartable sequences system call
On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 02:32:13PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 2:19 PM, Paul E. McKenney
> <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 01:56:11PM -0700, Andi Kleen wrote:
> >>
> >> malloc is the primary target I believe. Saves lots of memory to keep
> >> caches per CPU rather than per thread.
> >
> > Agreed, a competent default malloc() in glibc would be a very nice change
> > from the current state.
>
> I agree that malloc can be a very good target for something like this,
> but it is also something that is quite complicated. A general-purpose
> allocator that could be used by glibc and has not just the performance
> but the debug stuff etc that people inevitably want is a big project.
> And then the people who have special needs end up writing their own
> allocators anyway, just because they care about certain layout and
> access patterns...
>
> Put another way: I'd really like to see some real numbers and use,
> rather than "this can be used for.."
No argument here!
Thanx, Paul
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