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From: be-news06@lina.inka.de (Bernd Eckenfels)
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Red zones (was: [PATCH] garbage values in file /proc/net/sockstat)
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 22:45:46 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1F1sSY-0004yP-00@calista.inka.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <43D4DA15.4010009@cosmosbay.com>

Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com> wrote:
> We can use a red zone big enough to hold the whole per_cpu data.

I am trying to learn a bit here: why is it required to have a speciel red
zone for this case? Wouldnt it make more sence to have a single red zone
which can be used by all locations in the kernel for unused structures? That
would reduce the number of wasted segements in the page table, or?

Gruss
Bernd

  parent reply	other threads:[~2006-01-25 21:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-01-23 11:21 [PATCH] garbage values in file /proc/net/sockstat pravin shelar
2006-01-23 11:24 ` Andi Kleen
2006-01-23 13:28   ` Eric Dumazet
2006-01-23 15:11     ` Andi Kleen
2006-01-23 16:28       ` Eric Dumazet
2006-01-23 16:46         ` Eric Dumazet
2006-01-25 13:31           ` Andi Kleen
2006-01-25 19:59             ` Ravikiran G Thirumalai
2006-01-25 20:47               ` Ravikiran G Thirumalai
2006-01-26  0:32               ` Andi Kleen
2006-01-25 21:45     ` Bernd Eckenfels [this message]
2006-01-26  5:28       ` Red zones Eric Dumazet
2006-01-26 10:07         ` Bernd Eckenfels

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