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Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2018 16:22:02 +0000
From: Christopher Lameter <cl@linux.com>
Subject: Re: SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU without constructors (was Re: [PATCH v4
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On Wed, 1 Aug 2018, Eric Dumazet wrote:

> The idea of having a ctor() would only be a win if all the fields that
> can be initialized in the ctor are contiguous and fill an integral
> number of cache lines.

Ok. Its reducing code size and makes the object status more consistent.
Isn't that enough?