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Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 12:15:47 +0530
From: Balbir Singh <bsingharora@gmail.com>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 4/9] slab: cache_estimate cleanup
Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>, clameter@sgi.com,
       colpatch@us.ibm.com, manfred@colorfullife.com,
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> This patch cleans up cache_estimate in mm/slab.c and improves the algorithm
> by taking an initial guess before executing the while loop. The optimization
> was originally made by Balbir Singh with further improvements from Steven
> Rostedt. Manfred Spraul provider further modifications: no loop at all for
> the off-slab case and explain the background.
>
> Signed-off-by: Manfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com>
> Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>

I had prepared this patch about five years ago and completely forgot about it.

Acked-by: Balbir Singh <bsingharora@gmail.com>