On Fri, 14 Feb 2014, Joonsoo Kim wrote: > Currently, we use array_cache for alien_cache. Although they are mostly > similar, there is one difference, that is, need for spinlock. > We don't need spinlock for array_cache itself, but to use array_cache for > alien_cache, array_cache structure should have spinlock. This is needless > overhead, so removing it would be better. This patch prepare it by > introducing alien_cache and using it. In the following patch, > we remove spinlock in array_cache. Acked-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx> -- 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/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>