Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:58:53 +0300 | From | "Pekka Enberg" <> | Subject | Re: SLUB defrag pull request? |
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On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 4:40 PM, Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> wrote: > Solid? What is not solid? The SLUB design was made in part because of the > defrag problems that were not easy to solve with SLAB. The ability to lock > down a slab allows stabilizing objects. We discussed solutions to the > fragmentation problem for years and did not get anywhere with SLAB.
I'd assume he's talking about the Intel-reported regression that's yet to be resolved.
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