Thread (77 messages) 77 messages, 14 authors, 2013-08-16

Re: [RFC v3 0/5] Transparent on-demand struct page initialization embedded in the buddy allocator

From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: 2013-08-13 23:55:24
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On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 4:10 PM, Nathan Zimmer [off-list ref] wrote:
The only mm structure we are adding to is a new flag in page->flags.
That didn't seem too much.
I don't agree.

I see only downsides, and no upsides. Doing the same thing *without*
the downsides seems straightforward, so I simply see no reason for any
extra flags or tests at runtime.

               Linus

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