At Fri, 17 Apr 2015 17:08:22 +0200, Richard Weinberger wrote: > >>>> add header includion for CONFIG_LIB to wrap kmalloc and co. This will > >>>> bring malloc(3) based allocator used by arch/lib. > >>> > >>> Maybe add another allocator insteadl? SLLB which implements memory > >>> management using malloc()? > >> > >> Yeah, that's a good idea. > > > > first, my bad, I should be more precise on the commit message. > > > > the patch with 04/11 patch is used _not_ only malloc(3) but > > also any allocator registered by our entry API, lib_init(). > > > > for NUSE case, we use malloc(3) but for DCE (ns-3) case, we > > use our own allocator, which manages the (virtual) process > > running on network simulator. > > > > if these externally configurable memory allocator are point > > of interest in Linux kernel, maybe adding another allocator > > into mm/ is interesting but I'm not sure. what do you think ? > > This is the idea behind SLLB. > > > btw, what does stand for SLLB ? (just curious) > > SLUB is the unqueued SLAB and SLLB is the library SLAB. :D thanks. I will be back with SLLB and give v3 patches soon. -- Hajime -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
