>> > The "ideal" would be to have a node aware slab cache. Since that >> > is probably a long time coming, >> >> Manfred already did one. Perhaps we can get that going again? would >> be useful for more than just this ... > > Is this the kmem_cache_alloc_node() stuff? If so, when I use that
Yes, I think so. > for page table allocations, running AIM7 on a 32 processor machine > consistently live-locks the system. Everybody is waiting inside > kmem_cache_alloc_node() cachep->spinlock. > > Is there a different patch I should be looking for? Don't know of one, but maybe we can get Manfred to fix the existing one ;-) M. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ia64" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
