From: Hirokazu Takahashi <taka@valinux.co.jp> Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 11:08:26 +0900 (JST) And also kmem_cache_alloc() have an advantage about hardware cache. kmem_cache_alloc() lets each objects use different cache line. I very much doubt it makes a difference for the IP fragment queue, this is why I am asking for hard performance improvement numbers comparing using kmem_find_general_cachep() and a seperate SLAB. - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html