On Thu, 8 Sep 2011, Alex,Shi wrote: > > > If it happen, we'd better to skip the full page and to seek next slab in > > > node partial instead of jump to other nodes. > > > > But I agree that the patch can be beneficial if acquire slab ever returns > > a full page. That should not happen though. Is this theoretical or do you > > have actual tests that show that this occurs? > > I didn't find a real case for this now. So, do you still like to pick up > this as a defense for future more lockless usage? I am at a conference and its a bit difficult to see the state of affairs right now. Lets first defer it until I can see how this would otherwise impact things. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. 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>