> > This may also possibly help to save cycles due to high usage and > > contention when using a generic kmem_cache (when they stay separate > > from others, thanks for the precision!). > > Have you measured this? > > This isn't applicable for 4.7-rc at this time, _unless_ it fixes a bug, > which is why I pushed back on this. If you want your own cache for > these variables, fine, I don't care, but that makes it a 4.8-rc1 patch > instead. > > hope that helps explain things better, As a side question when is the window to push patches of this class? Is it when 4.7-rc7 is merged to staging? _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel