Re: [PATCH 3/3] Quick vmalloc vs kmalloc fix to the case where array size is too large

From: Paul Menage
Date: Tue Jul 14 2009 - 13:28:52 EST


On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 9:25 PM, KAMEZAWA
Hiroyuki<kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> My point is
>  - More PIDs, More time necessary to read procs file.

Right now, many pids => impossible to read procs file due to kmalloc
failure. (This was always the case with cpusets too). So using kmalloc
in those cases is a strict improvement.

> This patch boost it ;) Seems like "visit this later again" ,or FIXME patch.

Agreed.

Paul
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