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    SubjectRe: [PREEMPT RT] SLUB and split softirq lock for v3.2-rt
    On Wed, 13 Feb 2013, Steven Rostedt wrote:

    > On Wed, 2013-02-13 at 17:11 +0100, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
    > > 3.2-rt is a long term supported kernel, which lacks two RT features
    > > from 3.6: SLUB support and the split softirq lock implementation.
    > >
    > > SLUB has a way better performance than SLAB on RT and the split
    > > softirq lock implementation is necessary especially for realtime
    > > networking applications.
    > >
    > > The following patch series backports these features to 3.2-rt.
    > >
    > > Steven, could you please apply these patches to a separate
    > > 3.2-rt-features branch?
    >
    > Is it possible to separate these two features into two different patch
    > sets. I would like to apply the softirq changes first, and then apply
    > the slub changes.
    >
    > Although it looks as though the first half is softirq only 1-8, and the
    > second half is slub related 9-16. If that's the case, I'll just pull in
    > 1-8 first, play with them, and then do 9-16.

    That's correct.


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