On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 3:23 AM, Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This problem would have got worse when slub came along doing its stupid > unnecessary high-order allocations. Stupid, maybe but not unnecessary because they're a performance improvement on large CPU systems (needed because of current SLUB design). We're scaling the allocation order based on number of CPUs but maybe we could shrink it even more. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom policy in Canada: sign http://dissolvethecrtc.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>