> On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:31:18 -0700 (PDT) David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:22:49 -0800 > > > So... what would happen if sparc64 were to use neither quicklists nor > > slab? Just grab these pages from the page allocator and clear them? > > The page table allocator is heavier weight than the quicklists, > although obviously not as heavy weight as SLAB. Spose so, although only in the case where we go into the buddy lists, I hope. otoh, releasing a cache-hot page into the page allocator makes it available for other use. It'd be nice if you could run the numbers sometime, please - if it's OK then we can remove code... - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ia64" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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