On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 04:49:17PM +0100, Alexander Gordeev wrote: > > Do we really always need the pool for these classes of devices? > > > > Pulling tags from local caches to the pool just to (near to) dry it at > > the very next iteration does not seem beneficial. Not to mention caches > > vs pool locking complexities. > > And I meant here we do not scrap per cpu allocations.
I'm still a bit confused at what you're proposing. Part of the problem might be that I'm not exactly familar with the allocator and am just looking it from a consumer perspective. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
