From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from psmtp.com (na3sys010amx189.postini.com [74.125.245.189]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0139A6B0092 for ; Wed, 16 May 2012 04:10:23 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <4FB36079.9030606@parallels.com> Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 12:08:25 +0400 From: Glauber Costa MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [RFC] SL[AUO]B common code 0/9] Sl[auo]b: Common functionality V1 References: <20120514201544.334122849@linux.com> In-Reply-To: <20120514201544.334122849@linux.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: To: Christoph Lameter Cc: Pekka Enberg , linux-mm@kvack.org, David Rientjes , Matt Mackall On 05/15/2012 12:15 AM, Christoph Lameter wrote: > In the far future one could envision that the current allocators will > just become storage algorithms that can be chosen based on the need of > the subsystem. F.e. > > Cpu cache dependend performance = Bonwick allocator (SLAB) > Minimal cycle count and cache footprint = SLUB > Maximum storage density = SLOB While we are at it, do we plan to lift the vowel-only usage restriction and start allowing consonants for the 3rd letter? We're running short of vowels, so we can only accommodate 2 more allocators if this restriction stays. -- 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-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: email@kvack.org