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From: Bodo Eggert <harvested.in.lkml@7eggert.dyndns.org>
To: balbir@in.ibm.com, Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
	akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] slab: introduce kmem_cache_zalloc allocator
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 20:07:59 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1FLPjT-0000o9-Sy@be1.lrz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5SvK8-88q-41@gated-at.bofh.it>

Balbir Singh <balbir@in.ibm.com> wrote:

>> No, no, no! I am introducing kmem_cache_zalloc() because there are
>> existing users in the tree. I plan to kill the slab wrappers from XFS
>> completely which is why I need this. We already have object constructors
>> for what you're describing.
> 
> Ok, please keep the interface - build kmem_cache_zalloc() on top of
> what I suggest.

The benefit of using *zalloc is the ability to skip the memset by using
pre-zeroed memory or to use more efficient ways of zeroing a page.
Having to check the value of a parameter wouldn't help.
-- 
Ich danke GMX dafür, die Verwendung meiner Adressen mittels per SPF
verbreiteten Lügen zu sabotieren.

       reply	other threads:[~2006-03-20 19:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <5Ssjj-314-69@gated-at.bofh.it>
     [not found] ` <5Sv7o-7l5-23@gated-at.bofh.it>
     [not found]   ` <5Svh9-7xW-61@gated-at.bofh.it>
     [not found]     ` <5SvK8-88q-41@gated-at.bofh.it>
2006-03-20 19:07       ` Bodo Eggert [this message]
2006-03-21  3:25         ` Balbir Singh
2006-03-21 10:51           ` Bodo Eggert
2006-03-21 11:32             ` Pekka J Enberg
2006-03-20 13:07 Pekka J Enberg
2006-03-20 13:51 ` Eric Dumazet
2006-03-20 14:21   ` Pekka J Enberg
2006-03-20 16:05 ` Balbir Singh
2006-03-20 16:14   ` Pekka Enberg
2006-03-20 16:45     ` Balbir Singh
2006-03-21  7:13       ` Pekka J Enberg
2006-03-21 10:36 ` Andrew Morton
2006-03-21 11:03   ` Pekka J Enberg
2006-03-21 18:35     ` Manfred Spraul
2006-03-21 18:37       ` Pekka Enberg
2006-03-21 11:25 ` Andrew Morton
2006-03-21 11:50   ` Pekka J Enberg
2006-03-21 16:30   ` Pekka Enberg

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