The following patchset applied on top of the lockless patchset V6 and introduces per cpu partial lists. These lists help to avoid per node locking overhead. The approach is not fully developed yet. Allocator latency could be further reduced by making these operations work without disabling interrupts (like the fastpath and the free slowpath) as well as implementing better ways of handling ther cpu array with partial pages. -- 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 internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>