Thanx for ur reply in considering my problem. I am using Kernel version 2.2.14 I have attached the portion of mm/slab.c containing the function kmem_cache_sizes_init from the kernel code i am using with this mail. Plz have a look at it and recommend me any changes. Also plz suggest any good readings about "slab allocator" on the net. Thanx for ur support. Help is badly needed. Anxiously waiting for ur reply. Regards ZESHAN --- Mark Hemment wrote: > Hi Zeshan, > > What version of 2.2.x are you using, and have you > applied any patches it > to? > I'm not subscribed to linux-mm at the moment, so I > missed your original > posting. > > Mark > > > On Tue, 5 Sep 2000, Zeshan Ahmad wrote: > > > Hi > > > > I have figured out why the patch is'nt working. > > > > Mark wrote: > > >In my original, the code assumes that all general > > >purpose slabs below > > >"bufctl_limit" where suitable for bufctl > allocation > > >(look at a 2.2.x > > >version, in kmem_cache_sizes_init() I have a > state > > >variable called > > >"found"). > > > > Since I am already using 2.2.x, so the patch is > not > > working. This means i am already using the > variable > > "found". > > So this will not work i presume. > > > > Any other solution available? > > > > Regards > > Zeshan > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from > anywhere! > > http://mail.yahoo.com/ > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe > linux-mm' in > the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on > Linux MM, > see: http://www.linux.eu.org/Linux-MM/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/