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On Tue, 10 Jul 2007, Matt Mackall wrote:

> following as the best MemFree numbers after several boots each:
>=20
> SLAB: 54796
> SLOB: 55044
> SLUB: 53944
> SLUB: 54788 (debug turned off)

That was without "slub_debug" as a parameter or with !CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG?

Data size and code size will decrease if you compile with=20
!CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG. slub_debug on the command line governs if debug=20
information is used.

> These numbers bounce around a lot more from boot to boot than I
> remember, so take these numbers with a grain of salt.
>=20
> Disabling the debug code in the build gives this, by the way:
>=20
> mm/slub.c: In function =FF=FFinit_kmem_cache_node=FF=FF:
> mm/slub.c:1873: error: =FF=FFstruct kmem_cache_node=FF=FF has no member n=
amed
> =FF=FFfull=FF=FF

A fix for that is in Andrew's tree.
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