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Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 00:59:37 +0100
From: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Slab cache name fixes / reiserfs boot bug fix.
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On Thu, Jan 31, 2002 at 12:52:45AM +0100, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> which is just simpler and doesn't have issues like fixed 16-byte arrays
> etc.

I did it this way to keep the stuff cache neutral (keep the names or pointer
to names out of the critical cache lines), but if you prefer the merged 
version I'll do that in a jiffie. 

-Andi