Re: [patch] Change Networking mibs to use kmalloc_percpu -- 1/3

Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo (acme@conectiva.com.br)
Wed, 4 Dec 2002 20:34:27 -0200


Em Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 09:01:52AM -0800, David S. Miller escreveu:
> From: Ravikiran G Thirumalai <kiran@in.ibm.com>
> Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2002 18:05:10 +0530
>
> Here's a patchset to enable networking mibs to use kmalloc_percpu instead
> of the traditional padded NR_CPUS arrays.
>
> Advantages:
> 1. Removes NR_CPUS bloat due to static definition
> 2. Can support node local allocation
> 3. Will work with modules
>
> I totally support this work. Once the kmalloc percpu bits hit
> Linus's tree, just retransmit these diffs to me privately and
> I'll put them into my net-2.5 tree.

Cool stuff! I was planning to macroise this so that things like this would be
possible without source impact but now its just there, keep it up :-)

- Arnaldo
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