Re: [PATCH] SLUB: revert direct page allocator pass through

From: Nick Piggin
Date: Fri Jan 23 2009 - 03:53:27 EST


On Friday 23 January 2009 19:43:20 Pekka J Enberg wrote:
> From: Pekka Enberg <penberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> This patch reverts page allocator pass-through logic from the SLUB
> allocator.
>
> Commit aadb4bc4a1f9108c1d0fbd121827c936c2ed4217 ("SLUB: direct pass through
> of page size or higher kmalloc requests")

Hmm, it lists quite a number of advantages that I guess are being
reverted too? What was the test case(s) that prompted this commit
in the first place? Better ensure it doesn't slow down...

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